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Adventures in Russian Historical Research: Reminiscences of American Scholars from the Cold War to the Present
Contributor(s): Baron, Samuel H. (Author), Frierson, Cathy (Author)

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 ISBN: 076561197X     ISBN-13: 9780765611970
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $54.10  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2003
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Historiography
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
Dewey: 947
LCCN: 2003041559
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" L (0.88 lbs) 296 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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American historians of Russia have always been an intrepid lot. Their research trips were spent not in Cambridge or Paris, Rome or Berlin, but in Soviet dormitories with official monitors. They were seeking access to a historical record that was purposefully shrouded in secrecy, boxed up and locked away in closed archives. Their efforts, indeed their curiosity itself, sometimes raised suspicion at home as well as in a Soviet Union that did not want to be known even while it felt misunderstood. This lively volume brings together the reflections of twenty leading specialists on Russian history representing four generations. They relate their experiences as historians and researchers in Russia from the first academic exchanges in the 1950s through the Cold War years, detente, glasnost, and the first post-Soviet decade. Their often moving, acutely observed stories of Russian academic life record dramatic change both in the historical profession and in the society that they have devoted their careers to understanding.
 
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