Coerced Labour, Forced Displacement, and the Soviet Gulag, 1880s-1930s / Zhanna Popova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popova, Zhanna, author.

Series:

Social istory of punishment and labour coercion ;vv. 1.

Social istory of punishment and labour coercion series ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forced labor--Russia (Federation).

Forced labor.

Forced labor--Soviet Union.

Penal colonies--Soviet Union.

Penal colonies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press, [2024]

Summary:

The Gulag remains one of the key symbols of twentieth-century mass political violence. Thanks to recent archive-based investigations, we now understand the scope of the system, variations between different camp complexes, and modalities of the use of forced labour of convicts. At the same time, the work of historicizing the Gulag and systematically evaluating its position within the global history of repression is still to be done. Exploring the emergence of this vast Soviet system of concentration camps in long-term perspective, this book aims to inscribe this process within global histories of coerced labour, forced displacement, and punishment. It highlights the inextricable interconnection of coerced labour and forced displacement as tools of punishment in the multitude of their historical forms.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 A Threatening Geography : Shifting Usages of Forced Displacement and Convict Labour, 1879-1905

2 Under Pressure: Revolution, Repression, and War in the Russian Empire , 1905-1917

3 Blueprints for the Gulag? The Advance of Mass Internment, 1914-1923

4 Revolutionary Utopias and Dystopias : Violence and the Making of the Soviet Man, 1923-1929

5 "Special Settlements" and the Making of the Gulag, 1929-1934

Epilogue: Paroxysms of Violence, 1937-1953

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Introduction Chapter 1. A Threatening Geography: Shifting Usages of Forced Displacement and Convict Labour, 1879-1905 Chapter 2. Under Pressure: Revolution, Repression, and War in the Russian Empire, 1905-1917 Chapter 3. Blueprints for the Gulag? The Advance of Mass Internment, 1914-1923 Chapter 4. Revolutionary Utopias and Dystopias: Violence and the Making of the Soviet Man, 1923-1929 Chapter 5. "Special Settlements" and the Making of the Gulag, 1929-1934 Epilogue. Paroxysms of Violence, 1937-1953

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-003-69268-0

90-485-6036-5

9781003692683

OCLC:

1443934635