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To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture

byEleonory Gilburd

In To See Paris and Die, Eleonory Gilburd presents a historical account centered on the Soviet Lives of Western Culture. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. To See Paris and Die leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Publication date

Dec 28, 2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

480

ISBN

9780674980716