Gulag : a history
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- ISBN: 0767900561
- ISBN: 9780767900560
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677 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2003.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The origins of the Gulag, 1917-1939. Bolshevik beginnings ; "The first camp of the Gulag" ; 1929: the great turning point ; The White Sea Canal ; The camps expand ; The Great Terror and its aftermath -- Part II. Life and work in the camps. Arrest ; Prison ; Transport, arrival, selection ; Life in the camps ; Work in the camps ; Punishment and reward ; The guards ; The prisoners ; Women and children ; The dying ; Strategies of survival ; Rebellion and escape -- Part III. The rise and fall of the camp-industrial complex, 1940-1986. The war begins ; "Strangers" ; Amnesty--and afterward ; The zenith of the camp-industrial complex ; The death of Stalin ; The Zeks' revolution ; Thaw--and release ; The era of the dissidents ; The 1980s : smashing statues -- Epilogue: Memory -- Appendix: How many? |
Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 2004 |
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