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Stalin, Vol. I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

Stalin, Vol. I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

Stephen Kotkin

Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 Stephen Kotkin. Stephen Kotkin STALIN Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 Contents PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I DOUBLEHEADED EAGLE CHAPTER 1.
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions

Scientific Exploration and Expeditions

Stephen Kotkin

Stephen Kotkin, Bruce Allen Elleman. 9. Ibid. 10. Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Archives of the Gaiko Shiryokan, Tokyo (cited as Gaimushöbelow), Treaty Series Microfilm. 11. Price, The Russo-Japanese Treaties . . . , p. 117; Appendix D: ...
Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

Stephen Kotkin

In his biography of Stalin, Kotkin rejects the inherited wisdom about Stalin's psychological makeup, showing us instead how Stalin's near paranoia was fundamentally political and closely tracks the Bolshevik revolution's structural paranoia ...
Political Corruption in Transition: A Skeptic's Handbook

Political Corruption in Transition: A Skeptic's Handbook

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A Skeptic's Handbook Stephen Kotkin, András Sajó. Political Corruption in Transition A Skeptic's Handbook Edited by Stephen Kotkin and Andras Sajo ▻ CEU PRESS Central European University Press Budapest New York © 2002 by ...
Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization

Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization

Stephen Kotkin

The extent to which the citizenry participated in this scheme and the relationship of the state's ambitions to the dreams of ordinary people form the substance of this fascinating story.
Rediscovering Russia in Asia: Siberia and the Russian Far East

Rediscovering Russia in Asia: Siberia and the Russian Far East

Stephen Kotkin

This work presents a trans-Siberian expedition to rediscover the peoples, cultures and riches of Russia's eastern frontiers.
Steeltown, USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era

Steeltown, USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era

Stephen Kotkin

Portrays the changing structure of the industrial state of Magnitogorsk, offering a glimpse of the daily lives of its citizens amid the revolutionary changes under Gorbachev
Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000

Stephen Kotkin

Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue--bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse--this ...
Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist ...

Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist ...

Stephen Kotkin

This is less a story of dissidents, so-called civil society, than of the bankruptcy of a ruling class–communism’s establishment, or “uncivil society.” The Communists borrowed from the West like drunken sailors to buy mass consumer ...
Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

Stephen Kotkin

It is perhaps the most intriguing of the post-community "transition" societies. This volume examines Mongol history over the past century, embracing not only Mongolia proper but also Mongol communities in Russia and China.
The Plough that Broke the Steppes: Agriculture and ...

The Plough that Broke the Steppes: Agriculture and ...

David Moon

I am grateful also to Seymour Becker, Deborah Coen, Peter Holquist, Jonathan Israel, Stephen Kotkin, Robert Layton, Jonathan Oldfield, Hamish Scott, Susan Smith-Peter, and Richard Wortman, who offered detailed comments on draft ...
Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel

Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel

John Scott

John Scott's classic account of his five years as a worker in the new industrial city of Magnitogorsk in the 1930s, first published in 1942, is enhanced in this edition by Stephen Kotkin's introduction, which places the book in context for ...
The Blowin of Baile Gall

The Blowin of Baile Gall

Ronan Noone

So there's no way Laurence can even stay now. STEPHEN. (Pause.) To hell with him. He shouldn't be takin' our jobs, and ... STEPHEN. Don't feel sorry for me. And I from here. I'm Stephen. Wild Stevee. MOLLY. Wild Stevee. STEPHEN. Yeah.
Stephen, the First Martyr

Stephen, the First Martyr

Stephen Hodges

Narrates in verse the story of Stephen and his martyrdom.
Screening Violence 1

Screening Violence 1

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Stephen Prince ... make us Copyright © 1999 by Stephen Prince Stephen Prince pessimistic about the psychological health promoted in viewers Graphic Violence in the Cinema: Origins, Aesthetic Design, and Social Effects Stephen Prince.
The Michigan Alumnus

The Michigan Alumnus

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Back row: Good, Stephen, Sturgis, Thorns, Sabin, Case, Doty, Stephen, Reindel, Gorton, Hauke, Haskins, Hibbard, Bintz, .... O.; H. M. Stephen, Detroit; Paton C. Stephen, Shaker Heights, O. ; Marion L. Sturgis, Fowler, Mich.; Lansing W. Thorns, ...
New York Magazine

New York Magazine

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Frederick L. Kotkin Milpitas, Calif. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY PHOEBE HOBAN wasted time in her article referring to four of Woody Allen's films that touch on child molestation, seemingly in an attempt to prove that this taboo is one of his ...
The Inquest

The Inquest

Stephen Dando-Collins

Stephen Dando-Collins. A novel of the greatest story never told. in 1 STEPHEN Emmy "lfyou enjoyed THE DA WYWHI. mu mm? m“: V l mt this 1'): -Morgan waely ," fling mulmr “fl KTQO IRELAND '1“ 4(6) THE INQUEST STEPHEN ...
Higher Education in the American West: Regional History and ...

Higher Education in the American West: Regional History and ...

Richard W. Jonsen

Retrieved from http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm? fa=view&id=1214., onMarch28, 2012. Kelly,F.J.TheStateandHigherEducation: PhasesoftheirRelationship.New York: CarnegieFoundationfortheAdvancementofTeaching,1933. Kotkin,J.“The ...
Where's Our Submarine

Where's Our Submarine

Stephen Swann

Stephen Swann. WHERE'S OUR SUBMARINE? By Stephen Swann Illustrated ByJackie Swann © 2009 Stephen Swann &Jackie Swann. All rights reserved. ISBN.
A Statistical History of Rugby League - Volume V

A Statistical History of Rugby League - Volume V

Stephen Kane

It is something every player and fan would do well to study. Stephen Kane the author of this book could be a reincarnation of Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba whose statue stands proudly at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Leslie Stephen

Leslie Stephen

Desmond MacCarthy

LESLIE STEPHEN In that joyously aEectionate and informal book, The Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen, Maitland, after disclaiming any intention of criticising his work, says: “ If, as I doubt not, he has left worthy successors, someone will some ...
Out Front with Stephen Abram: A Guide for Information Leaders

Out Front with Stephen Abram: A Guide for Information Leaders

Stephen Abram

Jane Dysart Can you believe I didn't hire Stephen Abram when I had the chance? It was probably the best thing that could have happened to him, as he has gone on to have a stellar career as a librarian, library manager, electronic publisher, ...
Mystic Secrets

Mystic Secrets

Stephen Charles Long

“Mystic Secrets” Stephen Charles Long ISBN: 9780557051218 Copyright 2009 by Stephen Charles Long All rights ... Official Website Of Stephen Charles Long www.freewebs/stephencharleslong Published through Lulu Press Inc. Morrisville,  ...
Kiri: Her Unsung Story (Text Only)

Kiri: Her Unsung Story (Text Only)

Stephen d’ Antal

Stephen d' Antal, Garry Jenkins ... London SE19GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1998 Copyright © Garry Jenkins and Stephen d'Antal 1998 Garry Jenkins and Stephen d'Antal assert the  ...
Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays

Reading Stephen Sondheim: A Collection of Critical Essays

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extended quotations from Anyone Can Whistle, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. © 1964 (renewed 1992) by Stephen Sondheim. Burthen Musics Company, Inc., owner of publication and allied rights for the World. Chappell and Co.
The Mistress of Trevelyan

The Mistress of Trevelyan

Jennifer St. Giles

Stephen Trevelyan, a drink in his hand, stood at one end of an ornate mahogany dining table; its curved legs ended in claws ... But, madre de Dios, when Katherine learned Stephen had arrived, she—” Biting her lip, Miss Ortega sent Stephen ...
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror

The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror

Stephen Jones

' - Christopher Fowler 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.'- Lisa Tuttle, The Times Books 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones.
The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey

The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey

Stephen R. Covey

This commemorative collection captures the essence of Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s most profound teachings on business, success, management, family, and love.
Mr. Mothercountry: The Man Who Made the Rule of Law

Mr. Mothercountry: The Man Who Made the Rule of Law

Keally McBride

James Stephen wrote the original character sketch of the group in his book, Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography (London: ... Included in Sir James Stephen, Letters, with biographical notes by Caroline Stephen (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, ...

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