Writing the Stalin era : Sheila Fitzpatrick and Soviet historiography /

"This book weaves together elements of biography, historiography, and historical writing to explore the writings and legacy of Sheila Fitzpatrick, the University of Chicago's eminent scholar of Soviet history. It begins with essays that examine Fitzpatrick's contribution to her field and concludes with reminiscences about her life and career so far written by friends, family members, colleagues, and students. The heart of the book is a collection of original articles written by some of Fitzpatrick's students. These articles address subjects ranging from Kazakh resettlement under Stalin to the self-fashioning of scientists under Khrushchev, from state practices of terror to cultural and gender politics, showcasing both diverse and shared elements in the work of this scholar's protégés"--Provided by publisher."This book weaves together elements of biography, historiography, and historical writing to explore the writings and legacy of Sheila Fitzpatrick, the University of Chicago's eminent scholar of Soviet history. It begins with essays that examine Fitzpatrick's contribution to her field and concludes with reminiscences about her life and career so far written by friends, family members, colleagues, and students. The heart of the book is a collection of original articles written by some of Fitzpatrick's students. These articles address subjects ranging from Kazakh resettlement under Stalin to the self-fashioning of scientists under Khrushchev, from state practices of terror to cultural and gender politics, showcasing both diverse and shared elements in the work of this scholar's protégés"--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references.Sheila Fitzpatrick and the writing of history -- Writing Russia : the work of Sheila Fitzpatrick / Ronald Suny -- Sheila Fitzpatrick : an interpretive essay / Julie Hessler -- The two faces of Tatiana Matveevna / Yuri Slezkine -- Examining the Soviet past : culture, identity, and the state -- Military occupation and social unrest : daily life in Russian Poland at the start of the WWI / Joshua A. Sanborn -- Seeing like a Soviet state : settlement of nomadic Kazakhs, 1928-34 / Matthew Payne -- Counter-narratives of Soviet life : Kulak special settlers in the first person / Lynne Viola -- Gender, marriage, and reproduction in the postwar Soviet Union / Mie Nakachi -- Collective action in Soviet society : the case of war veterans / Mark Edele -- "Shostakovich, et al." and the Iron Curtain : intellectual property and the development of a Soviet strategy of cultural confrontation, 1948-1949 / Kiril Tomoff -- A torture memo : reading violence in the Gulag / Golfo Alexopoulos -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman / Jim Andrews -- Reminiscences: Peter Nicholls; David Fitzpatrick; Barbara Gillam; Jerry Hough; Efim Iosifovich Pivovar; Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kozlov; Leora Auslander; Alison Edwards; Katerina Clark; Kiril Tomoff