The Stalinist Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23410011 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David L Hoffmann (0000-0003-4130-1697, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Stalinist Era (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781139017503 |
| OpenAlex | W4249526699 |
| ISBN | 9781139017503 |
| Open Library | OL34748492M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Placing Stalinism in its international context, David L. Hoffmann presents a new interpretation of Soviet state intervention and violence. Many 'Stalinist' practices - the state-run economy, surveillance, propaganda campaigns, and the use of concentration camps - did not originate with Stalin or even in Russia, but were instead tools of governance that became widespread throughout Europe during the First World War. The Soviet system was formed at this moment of total war, and wartime practices of mobilization and state violence became building blocks of the new political order. Communist Party leaders in turn used these practices ruthlessly to pursue their ideological agenda of economic and social transformation. Synthesizing new research on Stalinist collectivization, industrialization, cultural affairs, gender roles, nationality policies, the Second World War, and the Cold War, Hoffmann provides a succinct account of this pivotal period in world history.
Communism · Context (archaeology) · Economic history · Ideology · Immigration · Industrialisation · Nationality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Law · Soviet and Russian History · 1917-1991 · 1925-1953 · politics and government · Soviet Union
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |