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Koenker, Diane P.

Club Red vacation travel and the Soviet dream / [electronic resource] : Diane P. Koenker. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - x, 307 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780801467738 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tourism--Social aspects--History.--Soviet Union
Vacations--Social aspects--History.--Soviet Union
Socialism and culture--History.--Soviet Union
Culture and tourism--History.--Soviet Union

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Soviet Union--Social life and customs.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: G155.R8 / K78 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 914.704/84