Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel

by John Scott

Overview

"Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." —Ronald Grigor Suny

"A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life—a type of book of which there have been far too few." —William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943

" . . . a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin." —New York Times Book Review

General readers, students, and specialists alike will find much of relevance for understanding today's Soviet Union in this new edition of John Scott's vivid exploration of daily life in the formative days of Stalinism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781530090082
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/17/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)

Editorial Reviews

Charts the evolution of radio, TV, and cable technology in (mainly) non-technical language, covering the technical, personal, economic, and social aspects of the subject. Emphasizes the strategies, achievements, and failures of individuals and companies in the broadcast industry. For those in or about to enter television broadcasting or its related industries. Acidic paper. Reprint of John Scott's classic account of his five years as a worker in the new industrial city of Magnitogorsk in the 1930's, first published in 1942. It is enhanced by the texts of three debriefings of Scott, published here for the first time. A timely reissue. No index. No bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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