PDF Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2): The British Airborne Missions (Campaign) by Ken Ford in History

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Bringing together an impressive cast of well-respected scholars in the field of modern Russian studies; Russian History through the Senses investigates life in Russia from 1700 to the present day via the senses. It examines past experiences of taste; touch; smell; sight and sound to capture a vivid impression of what it was to have lived in the Russian world; so uniquely placed as it is between East and West; during the last three hundred years.The book discusses the significance of sensory history in relation to modern Russia and covers a range of exciting case studies; rich with primary source material; that provide a stimulating way of understanding modern Russia at a visceral level.Russian History through the Senses is a novel text that is of great value to scholars and students interested in modern Russian studies.