Kremlin and the Schoolhouse

<p> . . . an exciting first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviet history on several levels . . . and the relationship between tsarist and Soviet educational policies and practices. --Ben Eklof<br /><br />Larry E. Holmes' book is a fine expert study of a difficult topic. --The Historian<br /><br /> . . . this first-rate work definitely points the way toward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s. --Journal of Modern History<br /><br /> . . . a succinct and original study of early Soviet education and an engaging disaggregation of the convoluted relations among ideology politics and social reality in a revolutionary society . . . This well-researched innovative and insightful study is required reading for any serious student of early Soviet history. --The Russian Review<br /><br />. . . elegantly written a pithy fast paced and intersting book . . . --East West Education<br /><br />Larry Holmes examines Soviet school policy from 1917 to 1931 in its ideological political institutional and social dimensions.</p>