Robert Stephenson: We Are Building Capitalism! Moscow in Transition 1992-1997. Glagoslav Publications, 2019
Robert Stephenson’s book focuses on Moscow following the collapse of the USSR and provides a unique pictorial view of daily life in Russia’s capital city during the turbulent early years of transition to market capitalism. Original photographs and supporting narrative by the author, who lived in the city throughout the time, show how the old Soviet capital and its inhabitants adapted to a new capitalist reality as Russia opened its doors wide to new influences, ideas and possibilities.
This was a time of promise and protest, revolution and reaction, with Moscow at the centre of the changes. While Soviet monuments, cars and domestic appliances were abandoned and thrown on the rubbish heap, a new consumer society gradually asserted itself. New ideologies and beliefs challenged and clashed with previous orthodoxies. At the same time resistance to reform and western influence was also emerging, and new certainties were sought in the return of old, pre-Soviet symbols and values.
With a foreword by Vladimir Gel’man (Professor of Politics, European University at St Petersburg and the University of Helsinki), the book portrays the country's capital in the epoch-making period between the fall of communism and the establishment of the modern Russian state and provides a new and intriguing source of original material for all scholars and general readers interested in modern Russian history and culture.
For more information see http://www.glagoslav.com/en/Book/38/206/We-Are-Building-Capitalism!.html
Contents
Foreword by Vladimir Gel’man
Author’s Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Shadow Of The Past
3. Inflation, Speculation And Accumulation
4. Reform And Resistance
5. Religious Resurgence
6. Out With The Old And In With The New
7. Reaching For The Stars
8. Attractions And Distractions
9. On The Road
10. The View From The Street
11. Strange Sights
12. The Shape Of Things To Come
Author Biography
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