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Labor Camp Socialism

By Raleigh, Donald J.

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Labor Camp Socialism

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This is the first historical survey of the Gulag based on newly accessible archival sources as well as memoirs and other studies published since the beginning of glasnost. Over the course of several decades, the Soviet labor camp system drew into its orbit tens of millions of people -- political prisoners and their families, common criminals, prisoners of war, internal exiles, local officials, and prison camp personnel. This study sheds new light on the operation of the camp system, both internally and as an integral part of a totalitarian regime that "institutionalized violence as a universal means of attaining its goals". In Galina Ivanova's unflinching account -- all the more powerful for its austerity -- the Gulag is the ultimate manifestation of a more pervasive and lasting distortion of the values of legality, labor, and life that burdens Russia to the present day.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2000-05-01
Publication Date:
2000-02-28
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0765604264
ISBN13:
9780765604262
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
540 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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