Many things make up a modern society: its history, culture, natural setting, wealth, classes, and peoples. For some, the power structure, the political system, lies at the heart of the social order. Russia has long been a "political society" and its future may also be decided in large part by the power structure. A good way to understand Russia and other modern societies is to examine the ties between the "Soviet system" and the rest of the country's life. George Fischer argues that it is these ties that explain much about the consequences of a communist state.
The Soviet System,...
Many things make up a modern society: its history, culture, natural setting, wealth, classes, and peoples. For some, the power structure, the polit...
Set within the context of an era referred to as the age of science as well as the age of ideologies, this volume explores how the Soviet Union responded to the impacts and interactions of both science and ideology between 1917 and 1967. Non-specialists as well as experts are apt to disagree sharply about, or to be ignorant of, the mutual relationship. But even if the system is defunct, the issues remain. This book divides its attention among four different fields of science: cybernetics, economics, philosophy, and sociology. The authors believe that the disciplines discuss revealing trends in...
Set within the context of an era referred to as the age of science as well as the age of ideologies, this volume explores how the Soviet Union respond...
Ever Wonder What it's Like on a Ranch? Here are but a few of many true adventures offered to you in story and poem with a snapshot for each. A rare introduction to cowboy life on the vast ranges of central Arizona. For a taste of real ranch life read this introduction to future books written by an author who has experienced it all from the back of a cow-horse. A steed as tough and as wild as the mountains and rocky canyons they daily traveled. Come along with him and know first hand these exciting days. "Quickly now There Ain't many Of Us Left" THE LAST DK COWBOY
Ever Wonder What it's Like on a Ranch? Here are but a few of many true adventures offered to you in story and poem with a snapshot for each. A rare in...
