title: Power under Siege
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metadata.value: Cristensen, P.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-01-25T19:39:32Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-01-25T19:39:32Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Cristensen P. ‘Power under Siege’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 13, no. 4, 2023, pp. 824–826. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.406
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu24.2023.406
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44731
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This book by Jeffrey K. Hass is an impressive work of scholarship that has uncovered a wealth of material
  on the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. Through this research, the author has highlighted the power
  dynamics at play during the siege. He argues that power was visible in the form of coercion and dependency, but
  also in agenda setting and in the shaping of people’s attitudes and worldviews. The circumstances of the siege
  forced people to innovate, act, and consider behaviors they would never have otherwise. The book also examines
  how food became a central factor in the exercise of power, with official institutions trying to control production and
  distribution, those involved in production and distribution using their positions in self-interested or empathetic
  ways, and everyone needing to decide how to exercise “tragic agency” when it came to their own survival. The
  author also argues that, in some paradoxical ways, the blockade empowered women, as they were called into
  production, while also taking on the burden of procuring food for their families. This book is a fascinating exploration
  of the various ways power manifested itself during the siege and how individuals and institutions responded
  to the pressure of such dire circumstances.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 13; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Blockade
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War II
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: survival
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: institutions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: power
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: resilience
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Power under Siege
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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