Soviet baby boomers : an oral history of Russia's Cold War generation / Donald J. Raleigh.

Author/creator Raleigh, Donald J.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxi, 420 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects
Baby boom generation--Soviet Union. --History.
Families--Soviet Union. --History.
Youth--Soviet Union. --History.
Cold War--Social aspects. --Soviet Union.
Social change--Soviet Union. --History.
Oral history--Soviet Union.
Interviews--Russia (Federation).
Soviet Union--Social conditions. --1945-1991.
Moscow (Russia)--Biography.
Saratov (Russia)--Biography.

SeriesThe Oxford oral history series
Oxford oral history series. ^A1004173
Contents The real nuclear threat : Soviet families in transition -- Overtaking America in school : educating the builders of communism -- "Unconscious agents of change" : Soviet childhood creates the cynical generation -- The baby boomers come of age -- Living Soviet during the Brezhnev-era stagnation -- "But then everything fell apart" : Gorbachev remakes the Soviet dream -- Surviving Russia's Great Depression -- "It's they who have always held Russia together."
Local noteLittle-357331--3051310599395
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011007313
ISBN9780199744343 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0199744343 (hardcover : alk. paper)