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Cogs in the Wheel: The Formation of Soviet Man
by Heller, Mikhail
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0394569261
- ISBN 13
- 9780394569260
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1988. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [xx], 293pp w notes and index. Fore edge rough cut. Grey boards, black cloth quarter-wrap spine w silver lettering. Mild bumping to corners, head and tail. Photo illustrated DJ clean, showing light shelf wear, now preserved in Brodart cover. "Mikhail Heller's trenchant, eye-opening book puts into historical perspective the means by which the Soviet regime tries to achieve its goal of creating a new kind of citizen - Homo sovieticus. His meticulous study shows how even Gorbachev's calls for glasnost and perestroika were in part only another stage in an ambitious program of social engineering.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3262
- Title
- Cogs in the Wheel: The Formation of Soviet Man
- Author
- Heller, Mikhail
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394569261
- ISBN 13
- 9780394569260
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Soviet Union - social conditions. Soviet Union - politics and government. Soviet Union - economic conditions. Communism - Soviet Union - history
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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