TY - BOOK AU - Kotkin,Stephen Mark AU - Gross,Jan T. TI - Uncivil society: 1989 and the implosion of the communist establishment T2 - Modern Library chronicles SN - 9780679642763 (alk. paper) AV - 338 DK 288 K87u 2009 U1 - 947.0009/048 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Modern Library KW - Social change KW - Soviet Union KW - History KW - Europe, Eastern KW - 20th century KW - Cambio social KW - Unión Soviética KW - Civil society KW - Sociedad civil KW - Politics and government KW - 1985-1991 KW - 1989- KW - Europa del Este KW - Política y gobierno KW - Former communist countries KW - Social conditions KW - 1970-1991 KW - Condiciones sociales KW - Siglo XX N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Bank run -- No exit -- Breakthrough -- As if N2 - The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. In one of history's most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded--not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two scholars of Eastern European and Soviet affairs revisit what happened, in this fresh, incisive look at communism's collapse ER -