Indiana University Press
Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931
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- Larry E Holmes
- Indiana University Press
- Hardcover
- 9780253328472
- 9.21 X 6.14 X 0.56 inches
- 1.11 pounds
- Education > History
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
. . . an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels . . . and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices. --Ben Eklof
Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic. --The Historian
. . . this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. --Journal of Modern History
. . . a succinct and original study of early Soviet education and an engaging disaggregation of the convoluted relations among ideology, politics, and social reality in a revolutionary society . . . This well-researched, innovative, and insightful study is required reading for any serious student of early Soviet history. --The Russian Review
. . . elegantly written, a pithy fast paced, and intersting book . . . --East West Education
Larry Holmes examines Soviet school policy from 1917 to 1931 in its ideological, political, institutional, and social dimensions.
Author Bio
Larry E. Holmes is a professor of history at the University of South Alabama where he has taught since 1968. During the 1992/3 academic year he lectured in Russian and Soviet History at Rostov State University in the Russian Federation.
Holmes has been the recipient of numerous awards including grants from the Kennan Institute, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Council of Teachers of Russian, and the International Research and Exchanges Board. Author of The Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet Russia, 1917Ð1931, and Sotsial’naia istoriia Rossii: 1917Ð1941,
Holmes has also published articles in Slavic Review, Russian Review, History of Education Quarterly, and other scholarly forums. He lives in Mobile, AL.
Source: University of Pittsburgh Press
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