{"product_id":"history-of-russia-and-the-sabrina-p-ramet-9780990693932","title":"HISTORY OF RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION in Humorous Verse","description":"\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sabrina P. Ramet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0990693937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780990693932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nap\/Scarith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Sabrina P. Ramet","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491391009023,"sku":"9780990693932","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c54b6ca5-211a-43e1-a4e0-45c54510356c.jpg?v=1699450928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-russia-and-the-sabrina-p-ramet-9780990693932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}