The transformation of civil society : an oral history of Ukrainian peasant culture, 1920s to 1930s / William Noll and Natalia Khanenko-Friesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noll, William, 1950- author.

Khanenko-Friesen, Natalia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (961 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The terror unleashed by Soviet power on the Ukrainian countryside in the early 1930s altered every aspect of village life. Based on extensive interviews with villagers throughout Ukraine, The Transformation of Civil Society provides an oral history of the material and cultural destruction sustained in rural Ukraine throughout the Stalinist era.

Contents:

Cover

THE TRANSFORMATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY

Title

Copyright

A Dedication in honor of the Murdered Millions

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

A Note on Transliteration and Terms

PART ONE: MATERIAL DESTRUCTION

1 Introduction: Peasant Perceptions

2 Before Collectivization

3 Collectivization and Other Acts of Mass Terror Preceding the Holodomor

4 Holodomor: The Great Famine of 1932-33

5 Kolhosp

PART TWO: CULTURAL LIFE AND DESTRUCTION IN THE 1920S AND 1930S

6 Religious Organizations and Culture before and after Collectivization

7 Entertainment and Secular Rituals in the 1920s and Their Near Destruction in the 1930s

8 The Decline of Civil Society: A Summary

Epilogue

APPENDICES

1 Questionnaire, Fieldworkers, and Archivists

2 List of Interviewees

3 Tables

4 On the Song "Shche ne vmerla Ukraiiny"

5 Five Complete Interviews

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Noll, William The Transformation of Civil Society

ISBN:

9780228017424

OCLC:

1348395799