Economy and Society in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1860-1930

"Olga Crisp has made a unique and enduring contribution to the study of Russian economic history and her work is held in high esteem by historians all over the world. This book is intended as a tribute to her achievements. It covers a critical period in Russia's history, from the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 to Stalin's first five-year plan of 1929-33. It includes essays on various aspects of the Russian agricultural economy after 1861 and essays on the oil industry, Anglo-Russian trade, the defence industries in tsarist Russia and in the 1930s, the army in 1917, the theory and practice of Bolshevik land reform and the reasons for the end of the New Economic Policy in 1928. The contributors are all well-established scholars and the book will make valuable reading for anyone studying Russian economic, social or political history."--BOOK JACKET.

Year

1992

Language

English

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Editions

4

Pages

287

ISBN

9780312075804

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