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81. Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, 1954-1988 by Timothy W. Ryback | |
Hardcover: 304
Pages
(1990-01-04)
list price: US$25.00 Isbn: 0195056337 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description But as Timothy W. Ryback demonstrates in this lively and revealing book, Western music, particularly rock & roll, is not new to the Soviet bloc.Indeed, as Mr. Ryback shows, rock music has effected one of the most significant transformations ever in Soviet bloc society.He traces the emergence of rock culture in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union from 1954 to the present day, where it has become unquestionably the most pervasive form of mass cultural activity in Communist society. Charting this process, Rock Around the Bloc looks at both sides of the thirty-year war between rock fans and Soviet bloc governments.It takes the reader into the Kremlin for special Central Committee meetings devoted to the "evil" of rock music; into the streets of beleaguered 1968 Prague and 1981 Poland where rock bands and their fans helped spearhead social and political reforms;and into the bedrooms of young people secretly tuning into rock broadcasts from the BBC and Radio Free Europe. The reader comes to realize that in some ways, life in the Soviet bloc was surprisingly similar to life in the West. There was the Elvis craze in the late 1950s, Beatlemania in 1964, and the disturbing appearance of punks and skinheads on urban streets in the early 1980s. At the same time, these similarities make the differences all the more striking.Prague's mid-1960s drug cult relied on analgesics mixed with alcohol to ape western drugs. In 1969 young Moscow musicians seeking to convert their acoustic guitars into electric ones dismantled every public phone in Moscow to pilfer the electronic parts. And Dean Reed, an expatriate American who became a genuine Soviet bloc superstar selling millions of records, died mysteriously shortly after expressing his desire to return to the United States. Informed throughout by a deep knowledge and love for the music as well as an understanding of the Soviet bloc's political and social realities, Rock Around the Bloc tells a fascinating story on many levels:the liberalization of communist society, the traumas and triumphs of Soviet bloc youth culture, the spread of rock's influence in unlikely places, and the surprisingly rich variety of rock & roll in Eastern Europe that keeps its kinship to western music while forging a unique identity all its own.Engagingly written and full of compelling detail, Ryback's definitive account will delight all rock fans and will fascinate people interested in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and modern social history. |
82. Bagration to Berlin: The Final Air Battles in the East 1944-1945 by Christer Bergstrom | |
Hardcover: 144
Pages
(2008-09-15)
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Magnificent Account of Eastern Front Air Battles!
far superior to Black Cross/Red Star
Another superb Offering |
83. Armored Trains of the Soviet Union 1917-1945 (Schiffer Military History) by Wilfried Kopenhagen | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(1997-02)
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84. Bolshevik Women by Barbara Evans Clements | |
Paperback: 356
Pages
(1997-08-13)
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Innovative and entertaining |
85. A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia, Vol. 1: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire by David Christian | |
Paperback: 496
Pages
(1998-12-23)
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Strong overall If you want to learn about the dynamic relationship between argricultural civilizations and pastoralist civilizations, read this book. It does leave some questions unanswered though. Such as, why did new tribes replace old tribes (ex: the Goths in Hungary, being pushed out by the Huns, who were pushed out by the Magyars)? What were the relative populations of the time? What was the relative demand for the goods of the steepe peoples? What was the trade balance between steppe and agricultural peoples? Despite the questions, the book was worth the read.
A waste of paper, time and money The author draws heavily on secondary works in English, German, French and Russian.Instead of depending on those, he should have gone directly to the archaeological site reports and the historical annals themselves.Its also sad to see a synthesis on Russia and Central Asia that relies heavily on the works of English language scholars and ignoring the Russian and Mongolian language scholars.In terms of some of his English secondary sources, ones like Davis-Kimball et al. (NOMADS OF THEEURASIAN STEPPE) and Barfield's PERILOUS FRONTIER are still in print and available from AMAZON.COM. Production values in this book are also uneven. The photographic reproductions in many cases are also poorly scanned copies (see for example p. 53, 214 in the paperbackversion).The publisher should have done a better job. My advice:you can do a lot better (try the two suggestions above)
Superb
Simply fascinating The impact of the warrior tribesfrom the Steppe lands - such as the Huns, the Goths, Vandals, Alans and theall-important Mongols - shattered some of the world's greatest empires.David Christian does a marvelous job explaining it all to us, while keepingthe scholarly element intact throughout. It is a book I would recommendwholeheartedly to anyone interested in the general history of mankind.
A Delight to read |
86. From the Cult of Waste to the Trash Heap of History: The Politics of Waste in Socialist and Postsocialist Hungary by Zsuzsa Gille | |
Hardcover: 264
Pages
(2007-03-14)
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87. Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev (New Studies in Economic and Social History) by R. W. Davies | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(1998-03-28)
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Short popular introduction to the history of Soviet industrialization
A very good guide |
88. The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II: Relics, Remains and the Romanovs (Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe) by Wendy Slater | |
Paperback: 208
Pages
(2007-08-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description How did Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar, meet his death? Shot point blank in a bungled execution by radical Bolsheviks in the Urals, Nicholas and his family disappeared from history in the Soviet era. But in the 1970s, a local geologist and a crime fiction writer discovered the location of their clandestine mass grave, and secretly removed three skulls, before reburying them, afraid of the consequences of their find. Yet the history of Nicholas’ execution and the discovery of his remains are not the only stories connected with the death of the last Tsar. This book recounts the horrific details of his death and the thrilling discovery of the bones, and also investigates the alternative narratives that have grown up around these events. Stories include the contention that the Tsar’s killing was a Jewish plot, in which Nicholas’ severed head was taken to Moscow as proof of his death; tales of would-be survivors of the execution, self-confessed children of the Tsar claiming their true identity; and accounts of miracles performed by Nicholas, who was made a saint by the Russian church in 2000. Not least among these alternative narratives is the romanticization of the Romanovs, epitomized by the numerous photographs of the family released from the Russian archives. Customer Reviews (3)
The Sociology of Death
A Comprehensive Look at the Romanov Murders
A serious, scholarly work on the death and aftermath of Tsar Nicholas II and his family |
89. Driving the Soviets up the Wall: Soviet-East German Relations, 1953-1961 (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics) by Hope M. Harrison | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2005-07-25)
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90. A History of Russia: New, Revised Edition by George Vernadsky | |
Paperback: 520
Pages
(1961-09-10)
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91. Mortal Crimes: The Greatest Theft in History: The Soviet Penetration of the Manhattan Project by Nigel West | |
Hardcover: 280
Pages
(2007-07-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Nigel West has studied the recently revealed documents about Soviet espionage against the Western Allies during and after World War II and has for the first time painted the complete picture of how the Soviet Union stole the secrets of the atomic bomb. The investigations by the British, Canadian, and US Military counterintelligence services through the Venona intercepts are placed in proper context and made intelligible by a master espionage history writer. What is revealed is the extent of the penetration by the NKVD and KGB of the most secret technologies of the era and how the West protected itself. A new and revised edition. Customer Reviews (3)
The Most Important Book on Soviet Espionage in Years
New details update this truly classic survey of the evidence
An Update on the Soviet Intelligence Attack on the Bomb |
92. A History of the Soviet Union by Geoffrey Hosking | |
Paperback: 576
Pages
(1992-10-15)
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93. Companion to Russian Studies: Volume 1: An Introduction to Russian History | |
Paperback: 420
Pages
(1981-08-31)
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94. The Cold War: An International History 1947-1991 (Contemporary History Series) by S. J. Ball | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2009-09-01)
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95. Brief Romanian Military History (Brief History (Scarecrow Press)) by Calin Hentea | |
Paperback: 264
Pages
(2007-03-27)
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Ideal for world military history and reference shelves. |
96. Revolutionary Passage: From Soviet To Post-soviet Russia, 1985-2000 (Politics, History, and Social Change) by Marc Garcelon | |
Paperback: 312
Pages
(2005-06-30)
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97. REBELS IN NAME TSAR PB (Classics in Russian and Soviet History, 1) by Field | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(1988-12-01)
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98. Russia and the USSR, 18551991: Autocracy and Dictatorship (Questions and Analysis in History) by Stephen J. Lee | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(2006-01-13)
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99. Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation by Serhy Yekelchyk | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2007-03-22)
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A good introduction to Ukrainian history in English |
100. The 'Great Patriotic War': The Illustrated History of the Soviet Union at War With Germany, 1941-1945 by Peter Tsouras | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(1992-10)
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