Russian Reading Revolution

by Stephen Lovell

Of all of Soviet cultural myths, none was more resilient than the belief that the USSR had the world's greatest readers. This book explains how the 'Russian reading myth' took hold in the 1920s and 1930s, how it was supported by a monopolistic and homogenizing system of book production and distribution, and how it was challenged in the post-Stalin era; first, by the latent expansion and differentiation of the reading public, and then, more dramatically,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 033377826X
• ISBN13: 9780333778265
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"