Practicing Stalinism

First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in gray paper spine and boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. xviii/359 pages. "In old Russia, patron/client relations, 'clan' politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Government was understood to be patrimonial and personal rather than legal, and office-holding… Read more about this item

Hardback. New. In old Russia, patron/client relations, "clan" politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Using documents from the communist archives, the author shows how these political practices and traditions from old Russia have persisted throughout the twentieth-century Soviet Union and down to the present day.

Yale University Press, 2013. Hardcover. New.

Yale University Press, 2013. Hardcover. New.

Yale University Press, 2013-07-29. Hardcover. Used: Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Yale University Press. Hardcover. New. 9x6x1. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing