Republic of Labor: Russian Printers and Soviet Socialism, 1918-1930

From: Canadian Slavonic Papers | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Wynn, Charters | Copyright information

Diane P. Koenker. Republic of Labor: Russian Printers and Soviet Socialism, 1918-1930. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, xii, 343 pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $49.95, cloth.

Diane Koenker's latest book analyzes Soviet workers' class identity and everyday life both in and out of the workplace during the first twelve years of Soviet history. Focusing on printers and their union, she captures the enormous gap that existed between what the party prescribed and a masculine cultur...

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