Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 10:31:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Louis N Proyect <lnp3-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: M-TH: Re: Russian help


Rebecca, the best "web site" is a university library or scholarly
bookstore like NYC's Labyrinth, which you should visit at the first
opportunity. Let me explain the technique I use when trying to find out
references when I am doing research. 

Lately, I have gotten interested in the topic of feudalism and wanted to
read a Marxist analysis of the middle ages. What I did was pore through
the shelves trying to find books that included "class" in the title.
Another technique is to turn to the back cover and look for blurbs that
characterize the book. If the blurber is a leftists or if the blurb states
something to the effect that the book is a study of class relations, I
make a note of that.

If I were you, I would do the following to get up to speed on Russia. I
would get a hold of Moshe Lewin's book "Russia-USSR-Russia", which is just
the kind you are looking for and then start reading it with an eye to what
references he considered important. This is much more useful than
surfining the Web.

Louis Proyect



On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, Rebecca Peoples wrote:

> Hi folks,
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> Can anyone help me. I desperately need information etc on Russia. If
> anyone has a list of what they consider good books. articles etc on
> Russia today they would be more than welcome.
> 
> Does anyone know of useful sites on the subject.
> 
> Rebecca
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