Cultivating the masses : modern state practices and Soviet socialism, 1914-1939 /
Hoffmann, David L. 1961-
Cultivating the masses : modern state practices and Soviet socialism, 1914-1939 / David L. Hoffmann. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 327 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- 1. Social welfare -- Cameralism, social science, and the origins of welfare -- The social realm in Russia -- Warfare and welfare -- The Soviet welfare state -- 2. Public health -- Social medicine and the state -- Social hygiene -- Foreign influences on Soviet health care -- Physical culture and its militarization -- 3. Reproductive policies -- Birthrates and national power -- Contraception, abortion, and reproductive health -- Promoting motherhood and family -- Eugenics -- Infant care and childraising -- 4. Surveillance and propaganda -- Monitoring popular moods -- Wartime propaganda -- Soviet surveillance -- Political enlightenment -- The new Soviet person -- 5. State violence -- Origins of modern state violence -- Internments, deportations, and genocide during the First World War -- The Russian Civil War and the 1920s -- Collectivization and passportization -- The mass operations -- The national operations -- Conclusion.
'Cultivating the Masses' examines the Russian Communist Party's pursuit of pronatal policies to boost the population, whilst at the same time ruthlessly executing, incarcerating and deporting.
9780801462832
Public welfare--Soviet Union.
Welfare state--Soviet Union.
Socialism--Soviet Union.
Electronic Books.
HV313 / .C858 2011
Cultivating the masses : modern state practices and Soviet socialism, 1914-1939 / David L. Hoffmann. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 327 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- 1. Social welfare -- Cameralism, social science, and the origins of welfare -- The social realm in Russia -- Warfare and welfare -- The Soviet welfare state -- 2. Public health -- Social medicine and the state -- Social hygiene -- Foreign influences on Soviet health care -- Physical culture and its militarization -- 3. Reproductive policies -- Birthrates and national power -- Contraception, abortion, and reproductive health -- Promoting motherhood and family -- Eugenics -- Infant care and childraising -- 4. Surveillance and propaganda -- Monitoring popular moods -- Wartime propaganda -- Soviet surveillance -- Political enlightenment -- The new Soviet person -- 5. State violence -- Origins of modern state violence -- Internments, deportations, and genocide during the First World War -- The Russian Civil War and the 1920s -- Collectivization and passportization -- The mass operations -- The national operations -- Conclusion.
'Cultivating the Masses' examines the Russian Communist Party's pursuit of pronatal policies to boost the population, whilst at the same time ruthlessly executing, incarcerating and deporting.
9780801462832
Public welfare--Soviet Union.
Welfare state--Soviet Union.
Socialism--Soviet Union.
Electronic Books.
HV313 / .C858 2011