Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934

David R. Shearer

Published by Cornell University Press 1997

Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, 1926–1934

David R. Shearer

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729867

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In his reexamination of the origins of the Stalinist state during the formative period of rapid industrialization in the late 1920s and early 1930s, David R. Shearer argues that a centralized state-controlled economic system was the consciously...

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David R. Shearer is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware.

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This book is an important contribution to Soviet institutional history that significantly deepens our understanding of the formative period of the 'command' economy.

Lewis Siegelbaum, Michigan State University:

A work of exceptional scholarly merit, this book is institutional history of a depth that has not been matched by any recent publications in the field of Soviet history.

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: Stalinism and the Industrial State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. THE STATE(S) OF THE ECONOMY IN THE LATE 1920s
1. Unruly Bureaucracies, Fragmented Markets Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2. Wheeling and Dealing in Soviet Industry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3. Rabkrin and the Militarized Campaign Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
II. THE STRUGGLE FOR A NEW STATE, 1928-1930
4. What Kind of State? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5. The Politics of Modernization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
III. WORKING IN THE MADHOUSE, 1930-1934
6. Daily Work in the Apparat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
7. Purge and Patronage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
8. The Pathologies of Modernization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
Conclusion: Socialism, Dictatorship, and Despotism in Stalin's Russia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 288
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- Other: 9 halftones, 2 charts
Keywords: Soviet & East European History; History

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Published: September 5, 2018
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