Книга: Wendy Z. Goldman «Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin`s Russia»

Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin`s Russia

Производитель: "CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS"

In the annals of industrialization, the Soviet experience is unique in its whirlwind rapidity. The vast transformations that shook western Europe over the centuries - proletarianization, industrialization, urbanization - were in the Soviet Union telescoped into a mere decade. The working class grew at an unprecedented rate, changing in size and social composition. Even more striking was the critical role of women: in no country of the world did they come to constitute such a significant part of the working class in so short a time. As women flooded industries traditionally dominated by men, they undercut strict hierarchies within the factories and forced male workers to reexamine their ideas about skill, `masculine` and `feminine` work, and the role of women in the workplace. The state`s use of female labor was closely intertwined with the great upheavals of early Soviet history: accumulation of capital for the industrialization drive, the urban food crisis, collectivization, and... ISBN:0-521-78553-7

Издательство: "CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS" (2002)

ISBN: 0-521-78553-7

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