Onze boeken

Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Death of Stalin: Posters, Photographs and Graphics from the David King Collection

Door David King

Categorie
Geschiedenis Rusland
Boeknummer
#362940-KO36
Titel
Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Death of Stalin: Posters, Photographs and Graphics from the David King Collection
Auteur
King, David
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Tate Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
1854376861
ISBN13
9781854376862
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, dust jacket, illustrated with (full page) illustrations in colour and b/w throughout, 4to.
Samenvatting
"Red Star Over Russia is a visual history of the Soviet Union, from 1917 to the death of Stalin. Its urgent, cinema-verite style plunges the reader into the centre of the shattering events that brought hope, chaos, heroism and horror to the citizens of the world's first workers' state. Revolutionary upheaval turns into Civil War and famine; Stalin's Great Terror of the 1930s is followed by the brutal onslaught of Nazi invasion. The story ends with the intrigue surrounding the dictator's gruesome death in 1953." "More than 550 posters, photographs and graphics are reproduced to the highest quality, accompanied by insightful and informative texts. Many of these images are being reproduced here for the first time. Zooming in from the epic to the particular, the author rescues m... (Lees verder)any lost heroes and villains from obscurity, through the work of the most brilliant Soviet designers, artists and photographers of the twentieth century." --Book Jacket.
Pagina's
364
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 35,00

Onze gebruikte boeken verkeren in goede tweedehands staat, tenzij hierboven anders beschreven. Kleine onvolkomenheden zijn niet altijd vermeld.