Club Red : vacation travel and the Soviet dream /
Diane P. Koenker.
- x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : vacations, tourism, and the paradoxes of Soviet culture -- Mending the human motor -- Proletarian tourism : the best form of rest -- The proletarian tourist in the 1930s : seeking the good life on the road -- Restoring vacations after the war -- From treatment to vacation : the post-Stalin consumer regime -- Post-proletarian tourism : the new Soviet person takes to the road -- The modernization of Soviet tourism -- Conclusion : Soviet vacations and the modern world.
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Tourism--Social aspects--History.--Soviet Union Vacations--Social aspects--History.--Soviet Union Socialism and culture--History--Soviet Union Culture and tourism--History--Soviet Union