What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?

by Katherine Verdery

Book Overview

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a significant base of ethnographic and historical expertise when the major political transformations in the region began to take place. In this collection of essays dealing with the aftermath of Soviet-style socialism and the different forms that may replace it, she explores the nature of socialism in order to understand more fully its consequences. By analyzing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069101132X
• ISBN13: 9780691011325
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"