Cover: Living through Perestroika, 1st Edition by Robert W. Strayer

Living through Perestroika

First Edition  ©2018 Robert W. Strayer Formats: E-book

Authors

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    Robert W. Strayer

    Robert W. Strayer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) brings wide experience in world history to the writing of Ways of the World. His teaching career began in Ethiopia where he taught high school world history for two years as part of the Peace Corps. At the university level, he taught African, Soviet, and world history for many years at the State University of New York-College at Brockport, where he received Chancellors Awards for Excellence in Teaching and for Excellence in Scholarship. In 1998 he was visiting professor of world and Soviet history at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since moving to California in 2002, he has taught world history at the University of California, Santa Cruz; California State University, Monterey Bay; and Cabrillo College. He is a long-time member of the World History Association and served on its Executive Committee. He has also participated in various AP® World History gatherings, including two years as a reader. His publications include Kenya: Focus on Nationalism, The Making of Mission Communities in East Africa, The Making of the Modern World, Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?, and The Communist Experiment.

Table of Contents

Central Question
Learning Objective
Historical Background 
Primary Sources    
Perestroika-Era Jokes      
Experiencing Glasnost        
Confronting Stalinism       
Perestroika and Daily Life       
Politics and Perestroika        
Perestroika and Private Life: Family, Sex, and Religion   
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research  

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This document collection will help students make connections between individuals’ responses to the demise of Soviet communism and their economic, political, and social position within Soviet society during the Gorbachev era (1985-1991). Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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