1 option
The hazards of urban life in late Stalinist Russia : health, hygiene, and living standards, 1943-1953 / Donald Filtzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Filtzer, Donald A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quality of life--Soviet Union.
- Quality of life.
- Urban health--Soviet Union.
- Urban health.
- Urban sanitation--Soviet Union.
- Urban sanitation.
- Medical policy--Soviet Union.
- Medical policy.
- Hygiene--Soviet Union.
- Hygiene.
- City and town life--Soviet Union.
- City and town life.
- Industrialization--Health aspects--Soviet Union.
- Industrialization.
- Soviet Union--Social conditions.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--History--1925-1953.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 379 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first detailed study of the standard of living of ordinary Russians following World War II. It examines urban living conditions under the Stalinist regime with a focus on the key issues of sanitation, access to safe water supplies, personal hygiene and anti-epidemic controls, diet and nutrition, and infant mortality. Comparing five key industrial regions, it shows that living conditions lagged some fifty years behind Western European norms. The book reveals that, despite this, the years preceding Stalin's death saw dramatic improvements in mortality rates thanks to the application of rigorous public health controls and Western medical innovations. While tracing these changes, the book also analyzes the impact that the absence of an adequate urban infrastructure had on people's daily lives and on the relationship between the Stalinist regime and the Russian people, and, finally, how the Soviet experience compared to that of earlier industrializing societies.
- Contents:
- 1. The impossible task: keeping cities clean
- 2. Water
- 3. Personal hygiene and epidemic control
- 4. Diet and nutrition: the 1947 food crisis and its aftermath
- 5. Infant mortality
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-107-20291-4
- 0-511-84662-2
- 1-283-14954-0
- 0-511-71348-7
- 9786613149541
- 0-511-71265-0
- 0-511-71473-4
- 0-511-71598-6
- 0-511-71195-6
- 0-511-72279-6
- OCLC:
- 630536338
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.