The unmaking of Soviet life : everyday economies after socialism / Caroline Humphrey.

Author/creator Humphrey, Caroline
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2002.
Descriptionxxvii, 265 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Post-communism--Russia (Federation).
Post-communism--Mongolia.
Russia (Federation)--Economic conditions. --1991-.
Russia (Federation)--Social conditions. --1991-.
Mongolia--Economic conditions.
Mongolia--Social conditions.

SeriesCulture & society after socialism
Culture and society after socialism. ^A517414
Contents pt. 1. The politics of locality in an unstable state. "Icebergs," barter, and the mafia in provincial Russia. Mythmaking, narratives, and the dispossessed in Russia. Creating a culture of disillusionment : consumption in Moscow, a chronicle of changing times -- pt. 2. Strategies beyond the law. Traders, "disorder," and citizenship regimes in provincial Russia. Russian protection rackets and the appropriation of law and order. Rethinking bribery in contemporary Russia -- pt. 3. Rethinking personhood. Avgai Khad : theft and social trust in postcommunist Mongolia. The domestic mode of production in Post-Soviet Siberia? The villas of the "new Russians" : a sketch of consumption and cultural identity in Post-Soviet landscapes. Shamans in the city.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-258) and index.
LCCN 2001005841
ISBN0801439817 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801487730 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HC340.12 .H86 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold