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And now my soul is hardened : abandoned children in Soviet Russia, 1918-1930 / Alan M. Ball.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SCAN projectPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1994.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 335 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520918399
  • 0520918398
  • 0585048320
  • 9780585048321
  • 9780520080102
  • 0520080106
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: And now my soul is hardened.DDC classification:
  • 362.7/6/094709041 20
LOC classification:
  • HV887.S58 B35 1994eb
Online resources:
Contents:
A Note on Renamed Cities -- Introduction: Tragedy's Offspring -- 1. Children of the Street -- 2. Beggars, Peddlers, and Prostitutes -- 3. From You I Can Expect No Pity -- 4. Children of the State -- 5. Primeval Chaos -- 6. Florists and Professors -- 7. Progress and Frustration -- Conclusion: On the Road to Life?
Summary: Warfare, epidemics, and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. Many became beggars, prostitutes, and thieves, and were denizens of both secluded underworld haunts and bustling train stations. Alan Ball's study of these abandoned children examines their lives and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets lest they threaten plans to mold a new socialist generation. The "rehabilitation" of these youths and the results years later are an important lesson in Soviet history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.

A Note on Renamed Cities -- Introduction: Tragedy's Offspring -- 1. Children of the Street -- 2. Beggars, Peddlers, and Prostitutes -- 3. From You I Can Expect No Pity -- 4. Children of the State -- 5. Primeval Chaos -- 6. Florists and Professors -- 7. Progress and Frustration -- Conclusion: On the Road to Life?

Warfare, epidemics, and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. Many became beggars, prostitutes, and thieves, and were denizens of both secluded underworld haunts and bustling train stations. Alan Ball's study of these abandoned children examines their lives and the strategies the government used to remove them from the streets lest they threaten plans to mold a new socialist generation. The "rehabilitation" of these youths and the results years later are an important lesson in Soviet history.

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