Object Title
Foreign Correspondents View 1967: The U.S.S.R Today
Part of
Collection: New School Associates event recordings
Material Category
Physical Audio
Type of Work
1/4 inch audio cassette
Description
This audio recording is the first of a series of six New School Associates luncheon lectures held at the New School for Social Research in 1966, entitled "Foreign Correspondents View 1967." New School Associates event chairperson Julia Crews commences the event by acknowledging VIP attendees and introduces Thomas P. Whitney, who begins his remarks at 5:09. He discusses his observations of recent changes in the Soviet Union in terms of urbanization, decentralization of authority, liberalization, popular attitudes, and cultural trends. Crews opens the floor to questions at 43:25, which include Soviet attitudes toward China, the importance of Allied intervention in Russia in 1918, the Sinyavsky–Daniel trial in 1966, Soviet attitudes toward religion, the status of education in the USSR, Soviet development of the social sciences, and Soviet foreign policy.
Date
September 20 1966
Related people
New School Associates. New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)
Thomas P. Whitney (speaker)
Julia L. Crews (moderator)
Language
English
Related Repository
New School Institutional Collections
Use Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Location
box mixed nav_2
Identifier
NS070211_000007
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Material Category
Physical AudioType of Work
1/4 inch audio cassetteDescription
This audio recording is the first of a series of six New School Associates luncheon lectures held at the New School for Social Research in 1966, entitled "Foreign Correspondents View 1967." New School Associates event chairperson Julia Crews commences the event by acknowledging VIP attendees and introduces Thomas P. Whitney, who begins his remarks at 5:09. He discusses his observations of recent changes in the Soviet Union in terms of urbanization, decentralization of authority, liberalization, popular attitudes, and cultural trends. Crews opens the floor to questions at 43:25, which include Soviet attitudes toward China, the importance of Allied intervention in Russia in 1918, the Sinyavsky–Daniel trial in 1966, Soviet attitudes toward religion, the status of education in the USSR, Soviet development of the social sciences, and Soviet foreign policy.Date
September 20 1966Related people
New School Associates. New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997) (producer)Thomas P. Whitney (speaker)
Julia L. Crews (moderator)
Language
EnglishRelated Repository
New School Institutional CollectionsUse Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Location
box mixed nav_2Identifier
NS070211_000007There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.