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Author Stites, Richard, 1931-2010.

Title Revolutionary dreams : utopian vision and experimental life in the Russian Revolution / Richard Stites
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1989

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Description xii, 307 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
Contents List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Social Daydreaming Before the Revolution; 2 Revolution: Utopias in the Air and on the Ground; 3 Revolutionary Iconoclasm; 4 Festivals of the People; 5 Godless Religion; 6 The Republic of Equals; 7 Man the Machine; 8 Utopia in Time: Futurology and Science Fiction; 9 Utopia in Space: City and Building; 10 Utopia in Life: The Communal Movement; 11 War on the Dreamers; 12 Conclusion; A Note on Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary The study takes a wide view of Russia's social, intellectual, and cultural history, examining party programmes, economic policy, and moral practices to recreate the spirit of idealism and experimentation before, during and after the Russian Revolution of 1917
Analysis Social life History, 1917-
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union Intellectual life, 1917-
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [255]-296
Notes Print version record
Subject Utopias -- Soviet Union.
SUBJECT USSR -- Intellectual life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824 -- 1917
Soviet Union -- Intellectual life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824 -- 1917-
USSR -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125826
USSR -- Intellectual life -- 1970-1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125828
USSR -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125808
USSR -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824
Genre/Form Utopian fiction.
LC no. 88005263
ISBN 0195055365 (alk. paper)