This collection of ethnographies offers a picture of change in Russia and Eastern Europe. The authors challenge the idea that we can understand this transformation by the predictable models, whether capitalism, post-socialism, modernity, or postmodernity. Editor(s): Burawoy, Michael; Verdery, Katherine. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514. . 1999. paperback. . . . .

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Title: Uncertain Transition: Ethnographies of Change in the Postsocialist World
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0847690431
ISBN 13: 9780847690435
Binding: Soft cover
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The ethnographies collected here offer a surprising and compelling picture of change in Russia and Eastern Europe found in no other book to date. The collection brings together a wideranging group of authors from sociology, anthropology, and political science to reveal the complex relationships that still exist between the former socialist world and the world today.

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Caroline Humphrey is Professor of Asian Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Katherine Verdery is Eric R. Wolf Professor of Anthropology and Interim Chair, University of Michigan.

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