Russia and the Former Soviet Union: A Bibliographic Guide to English Language Publications, 1986-1991

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The tumultuous events taking place in Eastern Europe have resulted in an avalanche of publications in English about that part of the world. This volume, a continuation of the late Stephan M. Horak's series of bibliographies covering books published in English about the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe up to 1985, picks up where Mr. Horak left off. It provides a selective bibliography of books concerning Russia and the Soviet Union that were published in English from 1986 to 1991. Descriptive annotations of more than 1,400 titles contain bibliographic information, brief abstracts, and citations of major reviews when available. Focusing on the social sciences and humanities, this volume excludes pure science and technology, occasional papers, serial publications, publications under 50 pages in length, and those not readily available to the general academic and public library user. At a time when interest is high and material is proliferating, this guide is a must.

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A timely reference work...Recommended for major reference collections and collection development officers.--Public Library Quarterly-Public Library Quarterly
An impressive overview of recent scholarship on Russia, ranging from general to specific works.--Muslim World Book Reviews-Unknown
Lengthy annotations give excellent indication of content and special features...Recommended for any reference collections supporting research on Russia or the former Soviet Union.--Reference Book Review-Unknown
Suitable for upper-division academic collections...Excellent piece of work with many strong points.--Choice-Choice
This 1,400-item bibliography with author and subject indexes will help scholars conduct their postmortems on the Soviet Union and its components, but it will be especially helpful to students who cannot read vernacular materials.-Wilson Library Bulletin-Unknown
"A timely reference work...Recommended for major reference collections and collection development officers.--Public Library Quarterly"-Public Library Quarterly
"An impressive overview of recent scholarship on Russia, ranging from general to specific works.--Muslim World Book Reviews"-Unknown
"Lengthy annotations give excellent indication of content and special features...Recommended for any reference collections supporting research on Russia or the former Soviet Union.--Reference Book Review"-Unknown
"Suitable for upper-division academic collections...Excellent piece of work with many strong points.--Choice"-Choice
"This 1,400-item bibliography with author and subject indexes will help scholars conduct their postmortems on the Soviet Union and its components, but it will be especially helpful to students who cannot read vernacular materials.-Wilson Library Bulletin"-Unknown

Author Bio

HELEN F. SULLIVAN is Head of the Slavic Reference Service, and Robert H. Burger is Associate University Librarian for Services, University of Illinois Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill. ROBERT H. BURGER is Associate University Librarian, University of Illinois Library at UrbanaChampaign.