The Unmaking of Soviet Life brings together ten essays from award-winning author Caroline Humphrey. Humphrey explores such topics as the mafia, barter, bribery,

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Examines the political, social, and economic issues confronted by each of the newly independent republics in the Transcaucasus and Central Asian regions.