Lenin's Terror: The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence 0415673968, 9780415673969

The Making of the State Writer: Social and Aesthetic Origins of Soviet Literary Culture 9781503617513

This book completes the author's study of the sociology of the literary process in Soviet Russia, begun in The Maki

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The making of the state writer : social and aesthetic origins of Soviet literary culture 9780804733649, 0804733643

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The Ideological Origins of Great Power Politics, 1789–1989 9781501732461

How do leaders perceive threat levels in world politics, and what effects do those perceptions have on policy choices? M

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Transition to Technocracy: The Structural Origins of the Soviet Administrative State 9781501735219

In this book Don Rowney explores the changes in the Russian state administrative system that occurred across the revolut

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Origins of the Modern Chinese State 9781503619661

What is “Chinese” about China’s modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past

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Origins of Soviet American Diplomacy 9781400878352

When Litvinov arrived in Washington in 1933 after the sixteen years of diplomatic silence between his country and the U.

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State Laughter: Stalinism, Populism, and Origins of Soviet Culture [1 ed.] 2021944925, 9780198840411

Stalin's reign of terror was not all doom and gloom, much of it was (meant to be) funny! From comedy films to satir

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The French Welfare State: Surviving Social and Ideological Change 9780814705483

"An excellent introduction to issues surrounding the postwar French welfare state." —Archives "An importa

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Early Origins of the Social Sciences 9780773564329

Arguing that the beginnings of the social sciences extend much further back than is generally realized, Lynn McDonald tr

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Empire of Sacrifice: The Religious Origins of American Violence 9780814768440

It is widely recognized that American culture is both exceptionally religious and exceptionally violent. Americans parti

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