Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union, 1921-1941

by Michael David-Fox

Book Overview

During the 1920s and 1930s thousands of European and American writers, professionals, scientists, artists, and intellectuals made a pilgrimage to experience the "Soviet experiment" for themselves. Showcasing the Great Experiment explores the reception of these intellectuals and fellow-travelers and their cross-cultural and trans-ideological encounters in order to analyze Soviet attitudes towards the West.

Many of the twentieth century's greatest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199376425
• ISBN13: 9780199376421
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"