An absorbing chronicle of travels, from 1987 to 1993, around the new Russia offers a street-level account of the difficult changes happening there, following the slow breakup of the old system and the efforts to rebuild a nation.
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Review:
In Travels with a Hungry Bear, Mark Kramer, a professor in Boston University's journalism and American studies departments who has written extensively on farming, ventures to the heart of Russia to examine the country's agriculture system and how it impacts the economy. Among his findings is that the vestiges of the Soviet system continue to slow the business of agriculture. Yet the book is not just a collection of hard economic facts; Kramer writes passionately about the land and the people whose livelihood depends on it.
About the Author:
Mark Kramer is writer-in-residence and professor in Boston University's journalism and American studies departments.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0395426707
- ISBN 13 9780395426708
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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