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Author Koenker, Diane P.

Title Club Red [electronic resource] : vacation travel and the Soviet dream / Diane P. Koenker.

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 307 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : vacations, tourism, and the paradoxes of Soviet culture -- Mending the human motor -- Proletarian tourism : the best form of rest -- The proletarian tourist in the 1930s : seeking the good life on the road -- Restoring vacations after the war -- From treatment to vacation : the post-Stalin consumer regime -- Post-proletarian tourism : the new Soviet person takes to the road -- The modernization of Soviet tourism -- Conclusion : Soviet vacations and the modern world.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Tourism -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.
Vacations -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union -- History.
Socialism and culture -- Soviet Union -- History.
Culture and tourism -- Soviet Union -- History.
Soviet Union -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801451539 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801467738 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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