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OverviewIn Raised under Stalin, Seth Bernstein shows how Stalin's regime provided young people with opportunities as members of the Young Communist League or Komsomol even as it surrounded them with violence, shaping socialist youth culture and socialism more broadly through the threat and experience of war. Informed by declassified materials from post-Soviet archives, as well as films, memoirs, and diaries by and about youth, Raised under Stalin explains the divided status of youth for the Bolsheviks: they were the ""new people"" who would someday build communism, the potential soldiers who would defend the USSR, and the hooligans who might undermine it from within. Bernstein explains how, although Soviet revolutionary youth culture began as the preserve of proletarian activists, the Komsomol transformed under Stalin to become a mass organization of moral education; youth became the targets of state repression even as Stalin's regime offered them the opportunity to participate in political culture. Raised under Stalin follows Stalinist youth into their ultimate test, World War II. Even as the war against Germany decimated the ranks of Young Communists, Bernstein finds evidence that it cemented Stalinist youth culture as a core part of socialism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Seth F. BernsteinPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9781501709883ISBN 10: 1501709887 Pages: 268 Publication Date: 15 August 2017 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Conventions Introduction 1. Youth in the Stalin Revolution 2. Cultural Revolution from Above 3. Class Dismissed? 4. The Great Terror as a Moral Panic 5. The Rehabilitation of Young Communists 6. A Mass Youth Organization 7. Paramilitary Training on the Eve of War 8. Youth at War Conclusion Appendix of Tables Bibliography IndexReviewsSeth Bernstein offers new insights that add to our understanding of Soviet youth rather than rehashing what is known. --William Husband, author of Godless Communists Raised under Stalin is an excellent book. Seth Bernstein highlights new information on the Komsomol during high Stalinism and thus makes a contribution to the field of Stalinism and to the history of the Komsomol and Soviet youth in general. --Isabel Tirado, author of Young Guard! Seth Bernstein offers new insights that add to our understanding of Soviet youth rather than rehashing what is known. -- William Husband, author of <I> Godless Communists </I> Raised under Stalin is an excellent book. Seth Bernstein highlights new information on the Komsomol during high Stalinism and thus makes a contribution to the field of Stalinism and to the history of the Komsomol and Soviet youth in general. -- Isabel Tirado, author of <I>Young Guard!</I> Bernstein's study... offers a compelling picture of how young men and (to a lesser extent) women became participants in and symbols of Stalin's revolution. [H]is study will appeal to scholars and students of Stalinism as well as those interested in youth organizations in the authoritarian states of the 1930s-or of the twenty-first century. * American Historical Review * This is a thought-provoking book and the author's new archival research both clarifies and develops the academic literature. * Europe-Asia Studies * Despite my criticism, this book is a good, although Russian-centered, contribution to the recent debates about the role of the Soviet Komsomol in the history of Soviet youth culture. * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth * Raised under Stalin will appeal to scholars interested in youth culture, mobilization regimes, and the interwar period in Europe. * Journal of Modern History * Seth Bernstein provides a needed analysis of the history of the Komsomol. * Slavic Review * Raised under Stalin is an excellent book. Seth Bernstein highlights new information on the Komsomol during high Stalinism and thus makes a contribution to the field of Stalinism and to the history of the Komsomol and Soviet youth in general. -- Isabel Tirado, author of <I>Young Guard!</I> Seth Bernstein offers new insights that add to our understanding of Soviet youth rather than rehashing what is known. -- William Husband, author of <I> Godless Communists </I> Seth Bernstein offers new insights that add to our understanding of Soviet youth rather than rehashing what is known. --William Husband, author of Godless Communists Raised under Stalin is an excellent book. Seth Bernstein highlights new information on the Komsomol during high Stalinism and thus makes a contribution to the field of Stalinism and to the history of the Komsomol and Soviet youth in general. --Isabel Tirado, author of Young Guard! Author InformationSeth Bernstein is Assistant Professor of History at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He is the translator and editor of Agents of Terror by Alexander Vatlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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