Routledge Revivals
3 total works
The Long Road to Freedom is a comprehensive and thorough assessment published so far of glasnost, perhaps the most important term to have entered the international political dictionary in recent years. It explains the origins of glasnost against the background of Russian and Soviet history and shows in fascinating detail how, as the result of the glasnost revelations, our knowledge of the Soviet Union has had to be reconsidered. The book examines the impact of glasnost on Soviet cultural life, the economy, and foreign policy. It discusses the polarization of public opinion, the open debates inside the Soviet Union on burning social problems, and the emergence of a new influential "Russian party." The book also considers likely future trends and developments in a spirit of critical sympathy and in full awareness of the limits of glasnost, the enormous difficulties and possible setbacks likely to face the Soviet reform movement the years to come.
First published in 1962, this book examines Germany's Free Youth Movement, a revolt of the younger generation in Germany from 1896 to 1933. This movement was one of the most significant factors in shaping modern Germany. Laqueur, who grew up in Germany, retraces the history of the movement, its central ideas, and its cultural background. He begins with its origins in 19th century, and goes on to examine the Jewish question, before moving on to the movement's roots in Germany around the time of the rise of National Socialism in the late 1920's and early 1930's. This book inspires all the ideas which continue to preoccupy proponents and students of generational conflict today.
First published in 1937, this book examines the changes in working conditions and vast improvements on sugar plantations in 20th century Fiji. By the 1930s, the sugar industry had become economically stronger through the substitution of the small tenant farm for the large plantation. Andrews examines how this led to a moral and social transformation in Fijian society. He also highlights many unsolved problems, and is aware that dependence on a single crop supported by imperial preference is too narrow a basis for progress in Fijian society. In the latter chapters Andrews reviews the position of Indian dispersion in the pacific, and reviews the relation of India itself to the pacific countries and Europe at a time when the British Empire was experiencing a great fall in prestige. There are also chapters that contain matters of specific interest to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.