Builders and deserters : students, state, and community in Leningrad, 1917-1941 / Peter Konecny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konecny, Peter, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Political aspects--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.

Education, Higher.

Higher education and state--Soviet Union--History--Case studies.

Higher education and state.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Being a student meant much more than simply attending classes. The new Soviet student was expected to engage in activities ranging from work in local Communist Party organizations to participation in collectivization brigades in the countryside. Builders and Deserters explores how student attempts to accommodate personal ambition and established cultural traditions with the numerous obligations that came from their privileged status led to a difficult relationship with the state. Konecny discusses changes in the higher education system and everyday life from the pre-revolutionary period to the beginning of World War II. He also considers the world of politics and political activism, training in and out of the classroom, and the ways in which students both conformed to and deviated from explicit standards of social conduct and "Communist morality" under Stalinism. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the important role played by students in the Soviet socialist revolution during the inter-war period. The breadth of subject matter and thematic issues will interest scholars and students of Soviet history, as well as specialists in comparative education and youth culture.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Studenchestvo and Tsarism

Revolution and Civil War

Shaping the Community

Politics, Ideology, and the Studenchestvo

In the Classroom

Training for a New World

Studenty-Studentki

Disorder in the Community

Conclusion

Student Life: Selected Archival Documentation

Major Institutions of Higher Learning in Leningrad, 1917-1941

Abbreviations

Glossary

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-353) and index.

ISBN:

9786612858208

9781282858206

1282858203

9780773567979

0773567976

OCLC:

929121493

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05267 hdl