Soviet Americana

The Cultural History of Russian and Ukrainian Americanists

Sergei Zhuk (Ball State University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
19 September 2019

Biography: historical, political & military; Institutions & learned societies: general; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Oral history; International relations

Series: Library of Modern Russia

The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US. To shed light onto this important, yet under-studied, academic community, Sergei Zhuk here explores the personal histories of prominent Soviet Americanists, considering the myriad cultural influences - from John Wayne's bravado in the film Stagecoach to Miles Davis - that shaped their identities, careers and academic interests. Zhuk's compelling account draws on a wide range of understudied archival documents, periodicals, letters and diaries as well as more than 100 exclusive interviews with prominent Americanists to take the reader from the post-war origins of American studies, via the extremes of the Cold War, thaw and perestroika, to Putin's Russia. Soviet Americana is a comprehensive insight into shifting attitudes towards the US throughout the twentieth century and an essential resource for all Soviet and Cold War historians.

By: Sergei Zhuk (Ball State University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781350130128
ISBN 10: 1350130125
Series: Library of Modern Russia
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 19 September 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sergei Zhuk is a professor of Russian and eastern European history at Ball State University and has just finished a visiting professorship at Columbia University. He received his first PhD (in US history) from the Institute of World History in Moscow and his second (in Russian history) from Johns Hopkins University. Zhuk is the author of the acclaimed Rock and Roll in the Rocket City (2010), Popular Culture, Identity and Soviet Youth in Dniepropetrovsk, 1959-1984 (2008) and Russia's Lost Reformation (2004), as well as numerous books in Russian.