About this title: "Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." -- Ronald Grigor Suny "A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life -- a type of book of which there have been far too few." -- William Henry ...
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Description: Fair. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780253205360ISBN:0253205360
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Many
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780253205360ISBN:0253205360
Description: Cover Art. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The soft cover has very light shelf wear with some yellowing.............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Description: Good. 0253205360 Great text! Pages are free of markings and notes. Three pages have been dog eared. Cover has little wear. Binding good--crease mark on binding from use. read more
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington & London
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780253106001ISBN:0253106001
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Softcover Owner's name to inside front cover, otherwise, book is in very good condition. "No other description of life in a new steel city provides such a graphic description of the life of workers under the First Five Year Plan. Scott had a clear eye for detail and produced a chronicle that includes the ugliness and squalor as well as the endurance and dedication. Behind the Urals stands as a unique and revealing description of an iron age in an iron country. " read more
"This is a very well-detailed description of life in a Soviet Steel Town during the Stalin era. Written by the son of Helen and Scott Nearing (of "Living the Good Life" fame), it consists of the remembrances of an American who decides to work in the great experiment that was Communist Russia. There's an awful lot of data to digest here, but (if tables and charts aren't your thing) glossing over the production statistics won't impair your enjoyment of this book. If Scott is guilty of anything it is leaving out some background information on certain Soviet-specific concepts. If you don't know what the N.E.P. was or who the Stakhanovites were, you may need to consult Wikipedia periodically. But that's a small mark against an otherwise clear and well-composed piece of primary source material. If you want to learn about the Soviet Union during the 1930's, this book is an excellent choice.
This was a book that I read for a University class but kept afterwards because I enjoyed it so much; reading it again I can see why it's still on my shelf after all this time."
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