Bøger af Kate Transchel

This text presents a picture of living standards in pre-war Soviet Russia and the role of state-controlled distribution of food and goods as a tool of Stalinist dictatorship. It offers a different perspective on the regime's method of controlling human behaviour and reshaping the social order.

Presents an investigation of the social, cultural, and political factors that affected drinking and temperance among Russian and Soviet industrial workers from 1895 to 1932. This book examines the many meanings of working-class drinking and temperance in a variety of settings, from Moscow to remote provinces.

Historically, Yugoslav lands have been located in the ""fracture zone"" between East and West, Christianity and Islam, and have always been a focus of international rivalries. This book helps students understand how the location and accessibility of the lands of the South Slavs determined Yugoslavia's volatile history.