Robert W Thurston
Biographic Data
| ID | 265199 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Thurston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Thurston |
| SIGNATURE | THURSTON R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Miami University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Stalin's War
Lynching
Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough reexamination of the background, dynamics, and decline of American lynching. It argues that collective homicide in the US can only be partly understood through a discussion of the unsettled southern political situation after 1865, but must also be seen in the context of a global conversation about changing cultural meanings of 'race'. A …
Writing the Map of Anglo-Saxon England
The rise and fall of judicial torture
Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-1941
Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-1941
Terror, in the sense of mass, unjust arrests, characterized the USSR during the late 1930s. But, argues Robert Thurston in this book, Stalin did not intend to terrorize the country and did not need to rule by fear. Memoirs and interviews with Soviet people indicate that many more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it. Drawing on recently opened Soviet archives and other sources, Thurston shows that be…
Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War
Women, the State and Revolution
The origins of the Bolshevik vision:Love unfettered, women freeIt is a curious fact that with every great revolutionary movement the question of "free love" comes into the foreground.Frederick Engels, 1883 1 [The family] will be sent to a museum of antiquities so that it can rest next to the spinning wheel and the bronze axe, by the horsedrawn carriage, the steam engine, and the wired telephone
Origins of the Gulag
Liberal City, Conservative State
This book examines Moscow's politics and urban history between the failed 1905 Revolution and the outbreak of World War I, a time when the city led the way in attempting to resolve Russia's urban crisis. The Moscow elite responded to acute urban problems with a liberal programme of reform in housing, employment, education, and other social services, but were thwarted by strong opposition from Tsarist officials. This heightened a conflict that was…
Stalinism and Professionalism
The Soviet family during the great terror, 1935–1941
(1991). The Soviet family during the great terror, 1935–1941. Soviet Studies: Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 553-574
Social Dimensions of Stalinist Rule
Journal Article Social Dimensions of Stalinist Rule: Humor and Terror in the USSR, 1935–1941 Get access Robert W. Thurston Robert W. Thurston Department of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 24, Issue 3, Spring 1991, Pages 541–562, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/24.3.541 Published: 01 March 1991
To the People
On Desk-Bound Parochialism, Commonsense Perspectives, and Lousy Evidence
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Fear and Belief in the USSR's “Great Terror
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Developing Education in Late Imperial Russia
Police and People in Moscow, 1906-1914
The regular Russian (ispolnitel'naia or naruzhnaia politsiia) were supposed both to control and aid urban populations throughout the Imperial period. To do so they exercised police powers in the original sense of the term. Besides maintaining law and order, they were to watch over morals, look after health and sanitation, and see that religion, particularly Russian Orthodoxy, was respected.' Lower ranks were the government officials often and dir…
Mr. Solzhenitsyn and His Critics
Women, the State and Revolution
The origins of the Bolshevik vision:Love unfettered, women freeIt is a curious fact that with every great revolutionary movement the question of "free love" comes into the foreground.Frederick Engels, 1883 1 [The family] will be sent to a museum of antiquities so that it can rest next to the spinning wheel and the bronze axe, by the horsedrawn carriage, the steam engine, and the wired telephone
Fear and Belief in the USSR's “Great Terror
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Social Dimensions of Stalinist Rule
Journal Article Social Dimensions of Stalinist Rule: Humor and Terror in the USSR, 1935–1941 Get access Robert W. Thurston Robert W. Thurston Department of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 24, Issue 3, Spring 1991, Pages 541–562, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/24.3.541 Published: 01 March 1991
The Soviet family during the great terror, 1935–1941
(1991). The Soviet family during the great terror, 1935–1941. Soviet Studies: Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 553-574
Origins of the Gulag
Liberal City, Conservative State
This book examines Moscow's politics and urban history between the failed 1905 Revolution and the outbreak of World War I, a time when the city led the way in attempting to resolve Russia's urban crisis. The Moscow elite responded to acute urban problems with a liberal programme of reform in housing, employment, education, and other social services, but were thwarted by strong opposition from Tsarist officials. This heightened a conflict that was…
Police and People in Moscow, 1906-1914
The regular Russian (ispolnitel'naia or naruzhnaia politsiia) were supposed both to control and aid urban populations throughout the Imperial period. To do so they exercised police powers in the original sense of the term. Besides maintaining law and order, they were to watch over morals, look after health and sanitation, and see that religion, particularly Russian Orthodoxy, was respected.' Lower ranks were the government officials often and dir…
On Desk-Bound Parochialism, Commonsense Perspectives, and Lousy Evidence
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Police and People in Moscow, 1906-1914
The regular Russian (ispolnitel'naia or naruzhnaia politsiia) were supposed both to control and aid urban populations throughout the Imperial period. To do so they exercised police powers in the original sense of the term. Besides maintaining law and order, they were to watch over morals, look after health and sanitation, and see that religion, particularly Russian Orthodoxy, was respected.' Lower ranks were the government officials often and dir…
Mr. Solzhenitsyn and His Critics
Developing Education in Late Imperial Russia
On Desk-Bound Parochialism, Commonsense Perspectives, and Lousy Evidence
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Fear and Belief in the USSR's “Great Terror
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
To the People
The Soviet family during the great terror, 1935–1941
(1991). The Soviet family during the great terror, 1935–1941. Soviet Studies: Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 553-574
Social Dimensions of Stalinist Rule
Journal Article Social Dimensions of Stalinist Rule: Humor and Terror in the USSR, 1935–1941 Get access Robert W. Thurston Robert W. Thurston Department of History, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 24, Issue 3, Spring 1991, Pages 541–562, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/24.3.541 Published: 01 March 1991
Stalinism and Professionalism
Liberal City, Conservative State
This book examines Moscow's politics and urban history between the failed 1905 Revolution and the outbreak of World War I, a time when the city led the way in attempting to resolve Russia's urban crisis. The Moscow elite responded to acute urban problems with a liberal programme of reform in housing, employment, education, and other social services, but were thwarted by strong opposition from Tsarist officials. This heightened a conflict that was…
Origins of the Gulag
Women, the State and Revolution
The origins of the Bolshevik vision:Love unfettered, women freeIt is a curious fact that with every great revolutionary movement the question of "free love" comes into the foreground.Frederick Engels, 1883 1 [The family] will be sent to a museum of antiquities so that it can rest next to the spinning wheel and the bronze axe, by the horsedrawn carriage, the steam engine, and the wired telephone
Behind the Front Lines of the Civil War
Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-1941
Life and Terror in Stalin's Russia 1934-1941
Terror, in the sense of mass, unjust arrests, characterized the USSR during the late 1930s. But, argues Robert Thurston in this book, Stalin did not intend to terrorize the country and did not need to rule by fear. Memoirs and interviews with Soviet people indicate that many more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened by it. Drawing on recently opened Soviet archives and other sources, Thurston shows that be…
The rise and fall of judicial torture
Writing the Map of Anglo-Saxon England
Lynching
Addressing one of the most controversial and emotive issues of American history, this book presents a thorough reexamination of the background, dynamics, and decline of American lynching. It argues that collective homicide in the US can only be partly understood through a discussion of the unsettled southern political situation after 1865, but must also be seen in the context of a global conversation about changing cultural meanings of 'race'. A …
Stalin's War
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