Political Tourists: Travellers from Australia to the Soviet Union in the 1920S-1940S

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Melbourne University Publishing Carolyn Rasmussen

Political Tourists

Travellers from Australia to the Soviet Union in the 1920S-1940S

Melbourne University Publishing, Carolyn Rasmussen

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Melbourne University Press
15 March 2008

History; General & world history; European history; Australasian & Pacific history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Sociology; International relations

For Socialists and many liberals, the Soviet Union of the 1920s-1940s was the site of the great Socialist Experiment. Most Australians who travelled there wrote about their extraordinary experiences, and the recent opening of the Soviet archives gave access to the Soviets' reactions to their visitors.

Collecting the research of leading historians and writers, Political Tourists explores Soviet tourism through figures such as Eric Ashby, RM Crawford, Reg Ellery, Neill Greenwood, Esmonde Higgins, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Betty Roland and Jessie Street. Drawing on both Australian and Soviet archives, this is a unique insight into the Soviet experience in the 1920s-1940s.

By: Melbourne University Publishing
Edited by: Carolyn Rasmussen
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 396g
ISBN: 9780522855333
ISBN 10: 0522855334
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 15 March 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sheila Fitzpatrick is Bernadotte E. Schmitt Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago. Her recent publications include Tear off the Masks! Identity and Imposture in Twentieth-Century Russia (2005) and Against the Grain- Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark in Australian History and Politics (edited with Stuart Macintyre, 2007). Dr Carolyn Rasmussen is a public historian and Fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her published work ranges across the history of Victorian public institutions, the history of science and technology, labour history, education history, the involvement of women therein, and biography.