Russia in the Era of NEP: Explorations in Soviet Society and Culture

..". a comprehensive look at an enigmatic era... " --Choice"This provocative collection of essays certainly takessome of the polish off Soviet socialism's golden age." -- Journal ofInterdisciplinary History"The authors and editors of thissplendid volume deserve great praise. Their work moves the field of Soviet historyseveral large steps forward." -- Slavic ReviewLenin's NewEconomic Policy of the 1920s, although a relatively free and open potentialalternative to Soviet communism, was also a time of extreme tension, as Russiansociety and culture were rocked by the forces of resistance and change. These essaysexamine the social and cultural dimensions of NEP in urban and rural Russia in theyears before Stalin and rapid industrialization.