Year on Muskrat Marsh

by Berniece Freschet

Book Overview

In Russian politics reliable information is scarce, formal relations are of relatively little significance, and things are seldom what they seem. Applying an original theory of political language to narratives taken from interviews with 34 of Russia's leading political figures, Michael Urban explores the ways in which political actors construct themselves with words. By tracing individual narratives back to the discourses available to speakers, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684137488
• ISBN13: 9780684137483
• Release Date: March 1974
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.