Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin's Russia by Wendy Z. Goldman (

Description: Women at the Gates by Wendy Z. Goldman In the 1930s, the Soviet working class grew at an unprecedented rate, changing in size and social composition. Women at the Gates is the story of a world remade, from above and from below, as women entered waged labor in unprecedented numbers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In the annals of Industrialization, the Soviet experience is unique in its whirlwind rapidity. Even more striking was the critical role of women: in no country of the world did women come to constitute such a significant part of the working class in so short a time. They composed a larger percentage of the working class, filled an unprecedented share of jobs in heavy industry, and served as the first targeted reserve for Soviet labour policy and recruitment. As women undercut the strict hierarchies of skill and gender within the factories, they forced male workers to re-examine their ideas about masculine and feminine work, and womens role in the work place. Using new Russian archival materials, Women at the Gates is the first social history of Soviet women workers in the 1930s. Author Biography Wendy Z. Goldman is Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. She has contributed articles to numerous edited collections and journals, including Slavic Review and the American Historical Review. She is also the author of several books, including Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin: The Social Dynamics of Repression (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalins Russia (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and Women, the State and Revolution: Soviet Family Policy in Social Life, 1917 1936 (Cambridge University Press, 1993) Table of Contents Introduction; 1. Guarding the gates to the working class: women in industry, 1917–29; 2. The struggle over working class feminism; 3. The gates come tumbling down; 4. From exclusion to recruitment; 5. The five-year plan for women: planning above, counter planning below; 6. Planning and chaos: the struggle for control; 7. Gender relations in industry: voices from the point of production; 8. Rebuilding the gates to the working class; Conclusion. Review As the first densely researched and vividly argued social history of Soviet women workers in the 1930s, Goldmans monograph fills a long-standing gap in the existing historiography ... Her nuanced paradigm will provide new insight into the history of women under Stalinism. This volume will be of great interest to students of Russian history as well as womens studies, and the archival references will be an invaluable starting point for future scholars. History ... a specialized and highly focused study that integrates women into the history of soviet industrialization. As such it is recommended primarily to scholars interested in Soviet economic, labour, and womens history. Slavonic and East European Review Promotional The first social history of Soviet women workers in the 1930s. Review Quote "...this is a fine book. Its story is interesting, original, and important. Diligently researched, carefully presented, and excellently written, it deserves to be widely read." Autumn 2002 Promotional "Headline" The first social history of Soviet women workers in the 1930s. Description for Bookstore In the 1930s, the Soviet working class grew at an unprecedented rate, changing in size and social composition. Women at the Gates is the story of a world remade, from above and from below, as women entered waged labor in unprecedented numbers. Description for Library In the 1930s, the Soviet working class grew at an unprecedented rate, changing in size and social composition. Women at the Gates is the story of a world remade, from above and from below, as women entered waged labor in unprecedented numbers. Details ISBN0521785537 Author Wendy Z. Goldman Short Title WOMEN AT THE GATES Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521785537 ISBN-13 9780521785532 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Gender and Industry in Stalins Russia Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 316 Affiliation Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania DOI 10.1604/9780521785532 UK Release Date 2002-02-25 AU Release Date 2002-02-25 NZ Release Date 2002-02-25 Publication Date 2002-02-25 Alternative 9780511511868 DEWEY 305.430947 Illustrations 25 Tables, unspecified; 15 Halftones, unspecified Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91367215;

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