Our Daily Bread: Socialist Distribution and the Art of Survival in Stalin's Russia, 1927-1941

by Kate Transchel and Elena Osokina

Book Overview

This text presents a picture of living standards in pre-war Soviet Russia and the role of state-controlled distribution of food and goods as a tool of Stalinist dictatorship. It offers a different perspective on the regime's method of controlling human behaviour and reshaping the social order.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563249049
• ISBN13: 9781563249044
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"