| Keeping Faith with the Party: Communist Believers Return from the Gulag Contributor(s): Adler, Nanci (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253223792 ISBN-13: 9780253223791 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 364.809 |
| LCCN: 2011037563 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How is it that some prisoners of the Soviet gulag--many of them falsely convicted--emerged from the camps maintaining their loyalty to the party that was responsible for their internment? In camp, they had struggled to survive. Afterward they struggled to reintegrate with society, reunite with their loved ones, and sometimes renew Party ties. Based on oral histories, archives, and unpublished memoirs, Keeping Faith with the Party chronicles the stories of returnees who professed enduring belief in the CPSU and the Communist project. Nanci Adler's probing investigation brings a deeper understanding of the dynamics of Soviet Communism and of how individuals survive within repressive regimes while the repressive regimes also survive within them. |