Club Red : Vacation Travel and the Soviet Dream.
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- 9780801467738
- 914.70484
- G155.R8
Club Red -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Vacations, Tourism, and the Paradoxes of Soviet Culture -- 1. Mending the Human Motor -- 2. Proletarian Tourism: The Best Form of Rest -- 3. The Proletarian Tourist in the 1930s: Seeking the Good Life on the Road -- 4. Restoring Vacations after the War -- 5. From Treatment to Vacation: The Post-Stalin Consumer Regime -- 6. Post-proletarian Tourism: The New Soviet Person Takes to the Road -- 7. The Modernization of Soviet Tourism -- Conclusion: Soviet Vacations and the Modern World -- Bibliography -- Index.
A sweeping and insightful history of Soviet vacationing and tourism from the Revolution through perestroika.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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