William B. Husband, "Godless Communists:" Atheism and Society in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932. De Kalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000. xvii + 241pp. Glossary, notes, bibliography, index. $36.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-87580-257-5.
Reviewed for H-RUSSIA by Amy Nelson, Department of History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Published by H-RUSSIA, September 2000.
Three new working papers are available from the server of the International Institute of Social History:
Eugene V. Debs and the Politics of Dissent in Modern America
10-11 November 2000
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Indiana State University and the Eugene V. Debs Foundation invite the academics interested in socialism and American electoral politics to attend a conference in Terre Haute, Indiana on the campus of Indiana State University. The program is listed below. For more information please email me.
From: Rich Schneirov, Dept of History Indiana State University, Hischnei@ruby.indstate.edu
Anthony Heywood, Modernising Lenin's Russia: Economic Reconstruction, Foreign Trade, and the Railways, 1917-1924. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. xviii + 328 pp. $69.95 (cloth), ISBN: 0-521-62178-X.
Reviewed for EH.NET by Oliver Hayward, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha WI.
Published by EH-NET, September 2000.
Workshop Conference
6-8 April 2001
University of Durham, United Kingdom
Plenary Speakers: John Russo and Sherry Linkon, Centre for Working Class Studies, Youngstown State University, Ohio USA
Anna Geifman, Entangled in Terror; The Azef Affair and the Russian Revolution. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2000. Ix + 247 pp. Notes, selected bibliography and index. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-8420-2651-7; $19.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8420-2650-9.
Reviewed for H-RUSSIA by Sarah Badcock, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Durham.
Published by H-RUSSIA, September 2000.
'Not a friend, a disciple or a believer'
Alexander Dallin and F. I. Firsov, editors, Dimitrov and Stalin, 1934-1943: Letters from the Soviet Archives. Russian documents translated by Vadim A. Staklo. Annals of Communism. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. xxx + 278pp. Photographs, maps, facsimiles, notes, and index. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-300-08021-2.
Reviewed for H-RUSSIA by Barbara Keys, Harvard University.
Published by H-RUSSIA, September 2000.
Labor History seeks a new managing editor, to begin a five year term on January l, 2002. The editorial board has determined to restructure the journal's operations. The new editor's functions will include managment and innovation. The incoming editor will be able to review and oversee all aspects of the journal from manuscript solicitation to publication and distribution.
Black Perspectives on Post-War British History
Institute of Historical Research, 20-21 October 2000
Speakers are listed below and further information is available from Julia Drake, ucrajed@ucl.ac.uk
Friday 20th October
Panel
Saturday 21st October
Panel 1: Race, Space and Identity
In November it will be 85 years ago that Joe Hill, whose name was Joel Hägglund when he left Sweden for the USA in 1902, was executed in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was one of the best-known members of the Industrial Workers of the World -- particularly so because he wrote some of their most famous songs.
