{"product_id":"nikolai-bolkhovitinov-and-american-studies-in-the-ussr-9781498551243","title":"Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and American Studies in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis intellectual biography of Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov (1930–2008), the prominent Russian historian who was a leading scholar of US history and Russia–US relations, also examines broader social, cultural, and intellectual developments within the Americanist scholarly community in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZhuk’s Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and American Studies in the USSR is a painstakingly researched, if not always carefully edited, intellectual biography of an academic “liberal Westernizer” (158) who rose to become a leading light among Soviet scholars of North American history and politics. * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003eSergei I. Zhuk tells the compelling and largely unknown story of how Soviet Americanists both provided a solid foundation for relations between the Soviet Union and the United States throughout much of the Cold War and drew on their knowledge of the United States to erode the ideological blinders inhibiting reform within the Soviet Union. By focusing on Nikolai Bolkhovitinov—a modest, hard-working scholar who was well-regarded for his integrity by Soviet and American colleagues alike—Zhuk amplifies the ways in which large-scale political and social transformations can begin with the most quiet among us. Anyone wanting to understand why the Soviet Union collapsed would do well by reading this study. -- Blair Ruble, Woodrow Wilson Center\u003cbr\u003eThis superbly researched book, which mines Soviet and American archives, the Soviet press, and includes a rich trove of personal interviews, makes a significant and original contribution to the cultural history of the Cold War. As a former Soviet Americanist who is presently a leading specialist in late Soviet cultural history, Sergei I. Zhuk is uniquely placed to write this fascinating study. -- Denise J. Youngblood, University of Vermont\u003cbr\u003eThis study is an unvarnished account of how ‘an idea of America’ shaped Soviet intellectuals, both in their idealism and national ressentiment. Sergei I. Zhuk’s history of the rise and fall of American studies in the Soviet Union—highly personal, yet rigorously academic—contains valuable lessons for today’s observers of Russian–American relations. -- Vladislav Zubok, London School of Economics and Political Science\u003cbr\u003eTrained as an American studies expert in the former Soviet Union, Sergei I. Zhuk has written an engaging and informative account of the shaping of generations of Soviet American specialists, drawing on archives, interviews, and his own experience under the guidance of his teacher, Professor Nikolai Bolkhovitinov. -- Hiroaki Kuromiya, Indiana University Bloomington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Institutionalization of American Studies in the USSR and Academic Exchanges Chapter 2: The United States in the Soviet Interpretation under Stalin: From Lev Zubok to Aleksei Efimov Chapter 3: “Stalin’s Last Generation”: Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and Making a Soviet Americanist after the Second World War Chapter 4: Khrushchev Thaw, Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and the Discovery of the Origins of Russian–US Relations Chapter 5: The Rise of Soviet Americanist: Nikolai Bolkhovitinov during the Early Brezhnev Era (1964–70)  Chapter 6: Nikolai Bolkhovitinov and Academic Détente, 1971–79 Chapter 7: “Out of Favor”: Bolkhovitinov’s Career and Shaping of the New Directions in the Soviet Studies of US History, 1979–85 Chapter 8: Socialist Modernity, Soviet Americanists, and “Epistemological Revolution” of Perestroika Epilogue: State Business in Russian\/Soviet Historical Perspectives on the US from Nicholas I to Putin","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040756597079,"sku":"9781498551243","price":94.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498551243.jpg?v=1750947744","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nikolai-bolkhovitinov-and-american-studies-in-the-ussr-9781498551243","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}