The Kremlin and the schoolhouse : reforming education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931

Author(s)

• Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene)

Bibliographic Information

The Kremlin and the schoolhouse : reforming education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931

Larry E. Holmes

（Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies）

Indiana University Press, c1991

Note

Bibliography: p. [200]-208

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

" . . . an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels . . . and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices." -Ben Eklof "Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." -The Historian " . . . this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." -Journal of Modern History " . . . a succinct and original study of early Soviet education and an engaging disaggregation of the convoluted relations among ideology, politics, and social reality in a revolutionary society . . . This well-researched, innovative, and insightful study is required reading for any serious student of early Soviet history." -The Russian Review ". . . elegantly written, a pithy fast paced, and intersting book . . ." -East West Education Larry Holmes examines Soviet school policy from 1917 to 1931 in its ideological, political, institutional, and social dimensions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction Part One: The Idea and the Reality, 1917-1921 I. A New School for a New Society II. In Search of a Policy III. In Search of a School and a Public IV. Narkompros under Siege Part Two: Change and Permanence in the 1920s V. NEP and the Progressive Curriculm VI. SLow History Classroom Practice VII. Teachers A Preference for the Customary VIII. The ABC's beyond the School Part Three: Compromise, 1925-1928 IX. Policy Running After Practice X. Komsomol and the Technical Lobby XI. A Threat of Failure Part Four: Compromise Betrayed XIII. Purges and Projects, 1929-1930 XIV. Slower History XV. Policy Meets Practice, 1931 Conclusion Statistical Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA1380414X
• ISBN:
  • 0253328470
• LCCN: 91008380
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 214 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 372.38
  • LCC : LA831.8
  • DC20 : 370/.947
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Education -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Education and state -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Educational change -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00244097