Soviet Laughter, Soviet Tears: An American Couple's Six-Month Adventure in a Ukranian Village - Hardcover
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Details the six months spent by an Ohio couple on a collective farm in the Ukraine, and describes what they learned about the people there
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YA-- In 1989, the authors, an Ohio couple, arranged an exchange between themselves and two Soviet farmers and lived for six months on a collective farm in the Ukraine. This account of their experience is divided into three parts: Christine's chronological journal, accounts of the Soviet farmers in rural America, and Ralph's descriptions of and conclusions about Soviet agriculture. Christine describes both the daily life on the farm and the misunderstandings that can occur between two groups who have preconceived ideas about one another. The Soviet farmers share with the Dulls their interpretations of the political scene as well as stories of their own lives and expectations. While the book demonstrates the differences between Soviet and American life and offers a unique glimpse of a people and a lifestyle seldom described, its greatest asset is that it reaffirms that we live in a world community sharing similar concerns, problems, and above all a common humanity. Once steered to Soviet Laughter, Soviet Tears , teens will enjoy reading it. But share it first with social studies teachers.
Sue Davis, Cedar Falls High School, IA
Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
To the authors, Ohio farmers, glasnost and perestroika have immediate meaning, as they establish in this memoir of a six-month exchange they arranged privately in 1989 whereby they lived on a collective farm in the Ukraine, while two Ukrainians worked in the U.S. on the Dulls' and a neighboring family's farms. These self-described citizen-diplomats, who previously had made five trips to the Soviet Union with peace groups, emerge here as personable, full of rectitude leavened with pragmatism, at once canny and kind. The kolkhoz , covering 26 square miles with five villages and employing l254, although something of a showplace, was primitive by U.S. standards; the Dulls, though, were supplied with the best available, including a car, which they put to frequent use by traveling to give talks on U.S. farming methods. Extending and receiving friendship, they succeeded in ingratiating themselves with the kolkozniks;readers, too, will enjoy their company and find their observations sharp-witted. Photos.
Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Soviet laughter, Soviet tears : an American couple's six-month adventure in a Ukrainian village [The Americans a Ukrainian odyssey -- Makov and the Ukraina Collective Farm -- Letters from Soviets -- Soviet Potpourri -- Sojourns with Americans -- The other side : Soviet undercurrents -- Call Police! Russian spy was here! -- More than any man I have ever met -- Update on principle characters -- Soviet Agriculture : An American farmer on a Collective Farm -- Encounters on the farm -- The future of collective and state farms -- Renting land to Soviet farmers -- Losses and wastes -- 34 questions for the future of Soviet agriculture]
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. xi, 370 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0962803863; 9780962803864 LCCN: 90-71574 ; LC: DK508.2; Dewey: 914.771/04 ; OCLC: 24383451 ; From reviewers: "Christine & Ralph Dull accomplish something unique. They take you straight to the heart of the Soviet people. I know of no other reporting on the Soviet Union that succeeds in unraveling the mysteries of the Soviet system & its people as thoughtfully, thoroughly, or warmly." ".is destined to become the handbook for grassroots diplomacy." "Probably the only Americans in over 50 years to live for 6 months in rural USSR.affords us a fascinating glimpse at one of the least visible sides of Soviet reality: the countryside. I know of no existing study which approaches this intimate, interior perspective. In the largest section, written by Chris, one can feel the people's frustrations." "Ralph (an Ohio farmer) spent endless hours walking in the fields, & his analysis of the problems of Soviet agriculture are unquestionably novel contributions to our understanding of the 'administrative command system'." "With caring, yet candid discernment, they recorded their remarkable experiences in a manner that illumines both the promise & the problems of a radically changing society." ".filled with insights, questions, humor, & personal stories." ".a perfectly superb book." ; Contents: The Americans a Ukrainian odyssey -- Makov and the Ukraina Collective Farm -- Letters from Soviets -- Soviet Potpourri -- Sojourns with Americans -- The other side : Soviet undercurrents -- Call Police! Russian spy was here! -- More than any man I have ever met -- Update on principle characters -- Soviet Agriculture : An American farmer on a Collective Farm -- Encounters on the farm -- The future of collective and state farms -- Renting land to Soviet farmers -- Losses and wastes -- 34 questions for the future of Soviet agriculture ; ex-lib, stamps, labels ; blue boards ; no dustjacket ; VG. Book. Seller Inventory # 006355