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Gulag : a history

Author: Anne Applebaum
Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2004, ©2003.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st Anchor Books edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Anne Applebaum
ISBN: 1400034094 9781400034093
OCLC Number: 55203139
Notes: Originally published: New York : Doubleday, c2003.
Description: xl, 677 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part one: The Origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939 -- Bolshevik beginnings -- The First camp of the Gulag -- 1929, the great turning point -- The White Sea canal -- The Camps expand -- The Great terror, and its aftermath -- Part two: Life and work in the camps -- Arrest -- Prison -- Transport, arrival, selection -- t Life in the camps -- Work in the camps -- Punishment and reward -- The Guards -- The Prisoners -- Women and children -- The Dying -- Strategies of survival -- Rebellion and escape -- Part three: The Rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986 -- The War begins -- Strangers -- Amnesty-and afterward -- The Zenith of the camp-industrial comples -- The Death of Stalin -- The Zeks' revolution -- Thaw - and release -- The Era of the dissidents -- The 1980s: smashing statues -- Epilogue: Memory -- Appendix: How many?
Responsibility: Anne Applebaum.

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