{"product_id":"history-of-russia-and-the-soviet-union-in-humorous-verse-paperback","title":"HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION in Humorous Verse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabrina P. Ramet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristine M. Hassenstab\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Marx wrote that 'History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.' He failed to note that, with the right person, it can come around a third time....as doggerel. Sabrina Petra Ramet's very mortal verses should be read aloud, even shouted, for they successfully deflate the somber pontificating and aca- demic harrumphing that often dominates Russian historical studies. Besides, they're riotously funny.\" -S. Frederick Starr, author of Red and Hot: The Fate of Jazz in the Soviet Union, 1917-1980 \"Scholars will explode with laughter over the stunts of Lenin, Stalin, Peter the Great, and the other leaders-made-buffoons by Sabrina Ramet's off-kilter and hilarious interpretations of history. No prominent Russian leader is left un-pilloried, no Soviet ideologue left in quiet repose. And no reader is left with funny-bone unshattered by uncontrollable laugher over history's vagaries.\" -Jerry G. Pankhurst, co-editor of Understanding Soviet Society \"Sabrina Ramet's collection reads as though Mother Goose, Lewis Carroll and the Cat in the Hat translated a course on Soviet history taught by Mel Brooks into light verse. Each piece relieves the usual solemnity of the subject with a welcome touch of the absurd.\" -Thomas F. Remington, author of Presidential Decrees in Russia: A Comparative Perspective \"It is a real pleasure to read this iconoclastic book of verse that parodies the Russian ruling class from the Czars to Putin.\" -Robert O. Freedman, author of Moscow and the Middle East\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782262128928,"sku":"9780990693932","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69a17076dff72b0bb1daac2ca7fe4256.webp?v=1780566534","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/history-of-russia-and-the-soviet-union-in-humorous-verse-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}