Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev
Part of New Studies in Economic and Social History
- Author: R. W. Davies, University of Birmingham
- Date Published: June 1998
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521622608
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This book provides a comprehensive survey of Soviet economic development from 1917 to 1965 in the context of the pre-revolutionary economy. In these years the Soviet Union negotiated the first stages of modern industrialisation and then, after the defeat of Nazi Germany and its allies, emerged as one of the two world superpowers. This was also the first attempt to construct a planned socialist order. These developments resulted in great economic achievements at great human cost. Using the results of recent Russian and Western research, Professor Davies discusses the inherent faults and strengths of the system, and pays particular attention to the major controversies. Was the Russian Revolution doomed to failure from the outset? Could the mixed economy of the 1920s have led to a democratic socialist economy? What was the influence of Soviet economic development on the rest of the world?
Read more- Authoritative presentation of the major controversies
- Uses material from Russian archives opened since 1991
- Clear presentation in non-technical terms of main statistical series and discussion of problems underlying them (i.e. reliability of statistics)
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'Books in this series are designed to introduce students to key topics, and to set out the arguments and issues in a 'critical but unpartisan fashion'. R. W. Davies has done this with admirable clarity … As a teaching tool this book will prove invaluable.' Donal Filtzer, University of East London
See more reviews'Davies has provided a valuable addition to a distinguished series and one which will earn the gratitude of students of Soviet economic development.' Economic History Review
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- Date Published: June 1998
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521622608
- length: 128 pages
- dimensions: 224 x 143 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.28kg
- contains: 3 maps 11 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of maps
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Main dates in Russian and Soviet history
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. The Tsarist economy
3. War Communism, 1918–1920
4. The new economic policy of the 1920s
5. Measuring Soviet economic growth
6. Soviet economic development, 1928–1965
7. The Soviet economic system, 1928–1965
8. Soviet industrialisation in perspective
Further reading
References
Index.
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