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Gijs Kessler International Review of Social History : Presents a stimulating and wide-ranging perspective on twentieth-century Soviet social and economic history.
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Paul Gregory, author of "The Political Economy of Stalinism and Before Command: The Russian Economy from Emancipation to Stalin" : This well-written book will be quite controversial, finding as it does something good about the Soviet system when all others are saying the opposite. Allen's main conclusions--that the pre-revolutionary economy would not have done well had it been continued, that collectivization was not a disaster, and that there was considerable merit in Stalinist investment strategies--represent a lone voice in the wilderness that needs to be heard.
Joel Mokyr, author of "The Gifts of Athena" and series editor, Princeton Economic History of the Western World : A magnificent accomplishment. This is a major work of synthetic research, one that will be disputed, debated, and discussed for many years to come. It is a carefully crafted piece of painstaking quantitative research but also a searching and provocative study of one of the most perplexing episodes in European history. Allen's book will be read by anyone--historian, social scientist, political analyst--interested in the deep and complex issues posed by the greatest failed experiment in the history of the human race.
Farm to Factory : A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution (Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
Farm to Factory : A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Industrial Revolution (Princeton Economic History of the Western World),Robert C. Allen,Princeton University Press,0691006962,Business / Economics / Finance,Economic Conditions,Economic policy,Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union,History,History: American,Industrialization,Soviet Union,20th century,Economic history,Economics,European History,European history: from c 1900 -,History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union),Russia
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