Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition

by J. Arch Getty

In old Russia, patron/client relations, "clan" politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Government was understood to be patrimonial and personal rather than legal,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300169299
• ISBN13: 9780300169294
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 10.0"