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Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked. Ronald Grigor SunyA genuine grassroots account of Soviet lifea type of book of which there have been far too few. William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943 . . . a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin. New York Times Book ReviewGeneral readers, students, and specialists alike will find much of relevance for understanding today's Soviet Union in this new edition of John Scott's vivid exploration of daily life in the formative days of Stalinism.

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"Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." - Ronald Grigor Suny "A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life- a type of book of which there have been far too few." - William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943 " ... a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin." - New York Times Book Review

Behind the Urals

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    A Paperback / softback by John Scott

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 22 August 1989
      ISBN-13 9780253205360
      978-0253205360
      ISBN-10 0253205360
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      Labour / income economics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked. Ronald Grigor SunyA genuine grassroots account of Soviet lifea type of book of which there have been far too few. William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943 . . . a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin. New York Times Book ReviewGeneral readers, students, and specialists alike will find much of relevance for understanding today's Soviet Union in this new edition of John Scott's vivid exploration of daily life in the formative days of Stalinism.

      Trade Review
      "Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." - Ronald Grigor Suny "A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life- a type of book of which there have been far too few." - William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943 " ... a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin." - New York Times Book Review

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