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Author: Robert Hornsby (University of Birmingham)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.600kg
ISBN: 9781107030923
ISBN 10: 1107030927
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 14 February 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Hornsby argues that dissent during the Khrushchev period was more varied and widespread than customary depictions indicate … using archival sources, he contends convincingly that the Soviet leader's primary goal was to maintain political stability without using terror, not to establish greater political freedom.' K. D. Slepyan, Choice 'Hornsby's book is a very well researched, richly detailed and elegantly written synthesis of dissent and popular protest under Khrushchev.' H-Soz-u-Kult
'Hornsby argues that dissent during the Khrushchev period was more varied and widespread than customary depictions indicate ... using archival sources, he contends convincingly that the Soviet leader's primary goal was to maintain political stability without using terror, not to establish greater political freedom.' K. D. Slepyan, Choice 'Hornsby's book is a very well researched, richly detailed and elegantly written synthesis of dissent and popular protest under Khrushchev.' H-Soz-u-Kult Hornsby argues that dissent during the Khrushchev period was more varied and widespread than customary depictions indicate ... using archival sources, he contends convincingly that the Soviet leader's primary goal was to maintain political stability without using terror, not to establish greater political freedom. K. D. Slepyan, Choice Hornsby's book is a very well researched, richly detailed and elegantly written synthesis of dissent and popular protest under Khrushchev. H-Soz-u-Kult Hornsby's book makes several contributions to the field ... it strengthens the scholarship on Khrushchev-era society ... Aaron Hale-Dorrell, Canadian Slavonic Papers
'Hornsby argues that dissent during the Khrushchev period was more varied and widespread than customary depictions indicate ... using archival sources, he contends convincingly that the Soviet leader's primary goal was to maintain political stability without using terror, not to establish greater political freedom.' Choice
Author Information
Robert Hornsby is Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham. He is also a Teaching Fellow in Russian History at the University of Leeds and, from May 2013, a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Kent.
