The Soviet Citizen. Daily Life in a Totalitarian Society.

Inkeles, Alex; Raymond A. Bauer. The Soviet Citizen. Daily Life in a Totalitarian Society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961. Second printing. Quarto. XX, 533, [3]pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Scarce and fascinating work which is one of the few researches to study a large-scale industrial society primarily through the people’s own views. Approximately 3000 former Soviet citizens, from different walks of life, were interviewed or completed questionnaires on all aspects of daily living: work experience, government contacts, family life, education, communication patterns, and philosophy of life and political ideology. Minor soiling and discoloration on wrappers. Pp XI-XX detached but present. Wrappers in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (25472) $45