The dilemmas of de-Stalinization : negotiating cultural and social change in the Khrushchev era / edited by Polly Jones.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-275) and index.

Introduction : the dilemmas of de-stalinization / Polly Jones -- 1. 'Show the bandit-enemies no mercy!' : amnesty, criminality and public response in 1953 / Miriam Dobson -- 2. From the secret speech to the burial of Stalin : real and ideal responses to de-stanlinization / Polly Jones -- 3. 'Democracy' or 'despotism'? : how the secret speech was translated into everyday life / Susanne Schattenberg -- 4. Naming the social evil : the readers of Novyi mir and Vladimir Dudintsev's Not by bread alone, 1956-59 and beyond / Denis Kozlov -- 5. Forging citizenship on the home front : reviving the socialist contract and constructing Soviet identity during the thaw / Christine Varga-Harris