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Author Ward, Christopher J., 1972- author.

Title Brezhnev's folly : the building of BAM and late Soviet socialism / Christopher J. Ward.

Publication Info. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2009]
2009

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Series in Russian and East European studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-205) and index.
Contents Introduction : the project of the century -- Prometheanism versus conservationism on the railway -- Crime and corruption in BAM society -- Working alone : women on the railway -- National differentiation and marginalization on the railway -- The rails of fraternal cooperation : BAMers abroad and foreigners at home -- Conclusion : Brezhnev's folly in perspective.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Brezhnev, Leonid Ilich, 1906-1982.
Baikalo-Amurskaia magistral -- History -- 20th century.
Communism -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ward, Christopher J. Brezhnev's folly : the building of BAM and late Soviet socialism. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2009] x, 218 pages ; 24 cm Pitt series in Russian and East European studies 9780822943723 (OCoLC)ocn297144831 (DLC)10902363
ISBN 9780822943723 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822943727 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822971214 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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