Caviar with Champagne: Common Luxury and the Ideals of the Good Life in Stalin's Russia
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'Life has become more joyous, comrades.' Josef Stalin, 1936Stalin's Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. Caviar with Champagne presents an altogether different aspect of Stalin's rule that has never been fully analyzed - the creation of a luxury goods society. At the same time as millions were queuing for bread and starving, drastic changes took place in the cultural and economic policy of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1859736386
ISBN13:9781859736388
Release Date:October 2003
Publisher:Berg Publishers
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.6" x 9.2"
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