From tsarism to the new economic policy : continuity and change in the economy of the USSR

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From tsarism to the new economic policy : continuity and change in the economy of the USSR

edited by R.W. Davies

(Studies in Soviet history and society)

Macmillan in association with the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, 1990

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Bibliography: p. 385-403

Includes indexes

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Description

A comparison between the tsarist economy on the eve of the revolution and the Soviet economy in the mid-1920s. Questions posed include, was the tsarist economy successful, but destroyed by World War I? And was the breakdown of the mixed economy of the 1920s an arbitary political act?

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 From tsarism to NEP, R.W.Davies: quantitative comparison by sectors
  • the economic structures
  • the processes of industrialization compared
  • two systems in crisis - tsarism, NEP. Part 2 The social background: the social context, Maureen Perrie and R.W.Davies
  • the socio-economic differentiation of the peasantry, Stephan Merl
  • unemployment, J.C.Shapiro. Part 3 Agriculture and the economy: agriculture, S.G.Wheatcroft
  • the peasantry and industrialization, Mark Harrison. Part 4 Industry and the economy: the industrial economy, Peter Gatrell and R.W.Davies
  • the textile industry, Christopher Ward. Part 5 Other sectors: the railways, J.N.Westwood et al
  • research and technology, J.M.Cooper and R.A.Lewis
  • foreign trade, M.R.Dohan. Part 6 The national income, Paul R.Gregory.

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