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Children's world : growing up in Russia, 1890-1991
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Children's world : growing up in Russia, 1890-1991

Author: Catriona Kelly
Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"How a country views its children reveals a great deal about that country. This landmark history of childhood in twentieth-century Russia presents an enthralling and detailed picture of a society where childhood was celebrated everywhere, but children's real needs were often neglected by the state. Catriona Kelly, one of the foremost cultural historians of modern Russia, explores every aspect of children's lives,  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Catriona Kelly
ISBN: 9780300112269 0300112262
OCLC Number: 105447723
Description: xxii, 714 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Imagining childhood. Free spirits and prodigies, 1890-1917 --
Pioneers and pet-keepers, 1917-1935 --
Thank you, dear comrade Stalin, for a happy childhood, 1935-1953 --
Let there always be sunshine, 1953-1991 --
pt. 2. Children on their own. The kindness of strangers, 1890-1917 --
Orphan heroes, 1917-1935 --
Children of the state, 1935-1953 --
Freedom and punishment, 1953-1991 --
pt. 3. Family children. Babyhood --
Nursery days --
In their own time --
The school waltz.
Responsibility: Catriona Kelly.
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A history of childhood in twentieth-century Russia that presents a picture of a society where childhood was celebrated everywhere, but children's real needs were often neglected by state. It explores  Read more...

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"'A work of formidable erudition, huge originality and powerful imagination... a tour de force.' Stephen A. Smith, University of Essex"

 
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