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The Soviet Union was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. This book is about that moment in hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spufford, Francis, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971 > Fiction.
Soviet Union > History > 1953-1985 > Fiction.
Communism > Fiction.
URSS > Histoire > 1953-1985 > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, > 1894-1971.
Communism.
Soviet Union.
Communism > Russia.
Communism > Russia > History.
Communism > Russia > Fiction.
Russia > History > 1917-1991, Soviet Union.
Russia > Politics and government.
Russia > History > 1917-1991, Soviet Union > Fiction.
1953-1985
Historical fiction
History
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Summary:The Soviet Union was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. This book is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away.
Physical Description:xiii, 434 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-434).
ISBN:9781555976040
1555976042
9780571269471
0571269478