Description |
xiv, 176 pages ; 23 cm |
Summary |
Whether relating his experience of standing in bread lines in Kazan, a city once closed to Westerners, attending a Tatar wedding in a remote village, or delivering lectures to students and professors enthralled by the glitter of Western consumer culture, Hixson balances his respect for the people of the USSR with outrage at their appalling circumstances. |
Contents |
Ch. 1. American Boy, American Joy -- Ch. 2. Disarray, Disillusion, and the Deficit -- Ch. 3. Breaking with Tania -- Ch. 4. The Rhythm of Provincial Life -- Ch. 5. White Russians, War Memorials, and Religious Revival -- Ch. 6. Winter of War and Reaction -- Ch. 7. Godfathers and Gopniki -- Ch. 8. Education in Decline -- Ch. 9. The Rebirth of Tatarstan -- Ch. 10. Men, Women, Sex, and the Family -- Ch. 11. The Long Road Home. |
Subject |
Hixson, Walter L. -- Travel -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Description and travel.
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Hixson, Walter L. (OCoLC)fst00251998
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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Other Form: |
Online version: Hixson, Walter L. Witness to disintegration. Hanover : University Press of New England, ©1993 (OCoLC)607651708 |
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Online version: Hixson, Walter L. Witness to disintegration. Hanover : University Press of New England, ©1993 (OCoLC)622819944 |
ISBN |
0874516188 |
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9780874516180 |
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