"Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." -- Ronald Grigor Suny
"A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life -- a type of book of which there have been far too few." -- William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943
..". a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin." -- New York Times Book Review
General readers, students, and specialists alike will find much of relevance for understanding today's Soviet Union in this new edition ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780253205360ISBN:0253205360
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Many
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780253205360ISBN:0253205360
Description: Cover Art. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The soft cover has very light shelf wear with some yellowing.............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington & London
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780253106001ISBN:0253106001
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Softcover Owner's name to inside front cover, otherwise, book is in very good condition. "No other description of life in a new steel city provides such a graphic description of the life of workers under the First Five Year Plan. Scott had a clear eye for detail and produced a chronicle that includes the ugliness and squalor as well as the endurance and dedication. Behind the Urals stands as a unique and revealing description of an iron age in an iron country. " read more
Edition: Enlarged ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780253351258ISBN:0253351251
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. 306 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Privious owners name inside cover. Otherwise clean & tight. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: 1989-08
ISBN-13:9780253205360ISBN:0253205360
Description: Good. 1989 paperback, no marks noted in text, book shows wear, All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780253205360ISBN:0253205360
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 334 p. Contains: Illustrations. Midland Book, 536. Audience: General/trade. Very nearly fine condition softcover is clean inside and out with light rub to cover shine from shelving. No creases to cover or spine. Tight interior. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington
Date Published: 1973
Description: viii, 279 p., softcover. Scott, who here provides a sunny view of industrial life and war preparation under Stalin based on five years of living in Magnitogorsk, was later accused of working for Soviet intelligence during his time in the OSS. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Cambridge
Date Published: 1942
Description: Very Good, cloth, dj G, some edgewear, not price-clipped, viii, 279 p. First edition. Very Good, cloth, dj G, some edgewear, not price-clipped, viii, 279 p. First edition. Hard cover. read more
"Fascinating account of life in a Soviet start-up industrial city during a very interesting period (1930s). Magnitogorsk was built to rival the steel production capability of massive steel centers such as Gary, Indiana. Built with imported equipment and by uneducated farmers, the project is obtained with much blood and sweat.
Scott goes between depictions of daily life and descriptions of industrial conditions and materials. His accounts of daily life are the most interesting, but the information about imported goods and the vagaries in production schedules sheds light on the interconnectedness of the early USSR with the capitalist world, and how volatile its early socialization projects were.
I admit the writing style isn't the best, and when Scott writes about his wife and daughter, the treatment is so perfunctory I wish he would just stop.
All in all a really interesting look into an incredible period of Soviet history. I was assigned this book in an undergrad history course, but I never opened it then. I am glad I held onto it, because it was such a Goodread. :)"
"This is a very well-detailed description of life in a Soviet Steel Town during the Stalin era. Written by the son of Helen and Scott Nearing (of "Living the Good Life" fame), it consists of the remembrances of an American who decides to work in the great experiment that was Communist Russia. There's an awful lot of data to digest here, but (if tables and charts aren't your thing) glossing over the production statistics won't impair your enjoyment of this book. If Scott is guilty of anything it is leaving out some background information on certain Soviet-specific concepts. If you don't know what the N.E.P. was or who the Stakhanovites were, you may need to consult Wikipedia periodically. But that's a small mark against an otherwise clear and well-composed piece of primary source material. If you want to learn about the Soviet Union during the 1930's, this book is an excellent choice.
This was a book that I read for a University class but kept afterwards because I enjoyed it so much; reading it again I can see why it's still on my shelf after all this time."
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