The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars Tapa blanda - 2017

Vintage. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

The House of the Dead tells the incredible hundred-year-long story of "the vast prison without a roof" that was Russia's Siberian penal colony. From the beginning of the nineteenth century until the Russian Revolution, the tsars exiled more than a million prisoners and their families east. Here Daniel Beer illuminates both the brutal realities of this inhuman system and the tragic and inspiring fates of those who endured it. Siberia was intended to serve not only as a dumping ground for criminals and political dissidents, but also as new settlements. The system failed on both fronts: it peopled Siberia with an army of destitute and desperate vagabonds who visited a plague of crime on the indigenous population, and transformed the region into a virtual laboratory of revolution. A masterly and original work of nonfiction, The House of the Dead is the history of a failed social experiment and an examination of Siberia's decisive influence on the political forces of the modern world.

Paperback. Very Good.

Vintage, 2017. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Vintage. New. New Vintage, 2017-12-12 New The House of the Dead tells the incredible hundred-year-long story of "the vast prison without a roof" that was Russia's Siberian penal colony From the beginning of the nineteenth century until the Russian Revolution, the tsars exiled more than a million prisoners and their families east Here Daniel Beer illuminates both the brutal realities of this inhuman system and the tragic and inspiring fates of those who endured it Siberia was intended to serve not only as a dumping ground for criminals and political dissidents, but also as new settlements The system failed on both fronts: it peopled Siberia with an army of destitute and desperate vagabonds who visited a plague of crime on the indigenous population, and transformed the region into a virtual laboratory of revolution A masterly and original work of nonfiction, The House of the Dead is the history of a failed social experiment and an examination of Siberia's decisive influence on the political forces… Leer más

Vintage, 2017-12-12. Paperback. New.

Vintage, December 2017. Paper Back . 4.1 PB extra nice +5%.

Vintage, 2017-12-12. Paperback. Like New.

Vintage Books, 2017. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 464 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.25 inches.

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