Our Daily Bread: Socialist Distribution and the Art of Survival in Stalin's Russia, 1927-1941

By Kate Transchel and Elena Osokina

Book Overview

This text presents a picture of living standards in pre-war Soviet Russia and the role of state-controlled distribution of food and goods as a tool of Stalinist dictatorship. It offers a different perspective on the regime's method of controlling human behaviour and reshaping the social order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563249057
• ISBN13: 9781563249051
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"