Stalin's Industrial Revolution: Politics and Workers, 1928-1931

by Hiroaki Kuromiya

Overview

This is the first detailed political and social history in English of Stalin's industrial revolution during the first Five-Year Plan. The diversion of vast resources into industrialization severely squeezed national consumption, imposing a heavy burden and sacrifice on the entire nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521387415
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/28/1990
Series:	Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies , #60
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.98(d)

Editorial Reviews

"By examining the links between high politics, mass ideology and proletarian society, Kuromiya has managed to produce a balanced and thoughtful account of this important period in Soviet history." Times Literary Supplement

"Hiroaki Kuromiya's study of this class during the first five year plan provides a penetrating analysis of the political and social dynamics of Stalinism." Times Higher Education Supplement

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