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Club Red vacation travel and the Soviet dream /

Main Author: Koenker, Diane P.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Tourism > Social aspects > Soviet Union > History.
Vacations > Social aspects > Soviet Union > History.
Socialism and culture > History. > Soviet Union
Culture and tourism > History. > Soviet Union
Soviet Union > Social life and customs.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10692342
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : vacations, tourism, and the paradoxes of Soviet culture
  • Mending the human motor
  • Proletarian tourism : the best form of rest
  • The proletarian tourist in the 1930s : seeking the good life on the road
  • Restoring vacations after the war
  • From treatment to vacation : the post-Stalin consumer regime
  • Post-proletarian tourism : the new Soviet person takes to the road
  • The modernization of Soviet tourism
  • Conclusion : Soviet vacations and the modern world.

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