The Russians

Hedrick Smith has done what we all wish we could do: he has gone to Russia and spoken to the people. Over steaming samovars, in cramped flats, and on dirt-floors, he has spoken to peasants and bureaucrats, artists and officials. He has studied their customs and their governments and shares his fascinating insights and fresh perspectives with us. The People. The Privileged Class : Dachas And Zils -- Consumers : The Art Of Queuing -- Corruption: Living Nalevo -- Private Life : Russians As People -- Women : Liberated But Not Emancipated -- Children : Between Parent And Teacher -- Youth : Rock Without Roll -- The System. Rural Life : Why They Won't Stay Down On The Farm -- Industrial Life : Skoro Budet, It'll Be Here Soon -- Leaders And Led : Nostalgia For A Strong Boss -- The Party : Communist Rituals And Communist Jokes -- Patriotism : World War Ii Was Only Yesterday -- Siberia : High Rises On The Permafrost -- Information : White Tass And Letters To The Editor -- Issues. Culture : Cat And Mouse -- Intellectual Life : The Archipelago Of Private Culture -- Religion : Solzhenitsyn And The Russianness Of Russia -- Dissent : The Modern Technology Of Repression -- The Outside World : Province Of The Privileged And The Pariahs -- Convergence : Are They Becoming More Like Us? Hedrick Smith. Includes Index. Includes Indexes.