Economy and Society in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1860–1930: Essays for Olga Crisp (Studies in Russia and East Europe)

This is a volume of essays exploring important themes in the economic and social history of Russia and the Soviet Union during the critical period between 1860 and 1930. It covers developments in agriculture, industry, trade, economic theory, defence policy and the social impact of revolution. The essays are written by well-established specialists in Russian and Soviet economic and social history and are intended as a tribute to the work of the highly-esteemed economic historian Olga Crisp. 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. Introduction : Olga Crisp's Contribution To The Economic History Of Russia / Peter Gatrell -- Rents, Land Prices And Economic Theory : The Russian Agrarian Crisis / Paul Gregory -- Economic Change And The Russian Gentry, 1861-1914 / Roger Munting -- The 1891-92 Famine In Russia : Towards A More Detailed Analysis Of Its Scale And Demographic Significance / S.g. Wheatcroft -- 'a Worker In Disguise' : A.v. Peshekhonov's Contribution To The Debate On The Peasant At The Turn Of The Century / Maureen Perrie -- Restructuring The Russian Petroleum Industry In The 1890s : Government Policy And Market Forces / John P. Mckay-- British Merchant Houses In Russia Before 1914 / Stuart Thompstone -- Defence Industries In Tsarist Russia, 1908-13 : Production, Employment And Military Procurement / Peter Gatrell -- 1917 In The Rear Garrisons / Howard White -- Lenin And Agrarian Economics In 1917 / Robert Service. Land Revolution And Land Reform : The Case Of The Central Black-earth Region, 1917-24 / John Channon -- Some Thoughts On The End Of Nep / Alec Nove -- Soviet Defence Industries During The First Five-year Plan / R.w. Davies. Edited By Linda Edmondson And Peter Waldron. Papers Presented At A Colloquium In Honour Of Olga Crisp's Retirement, Held In London At The School Of Slavonic And East European Studies, In 1987. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction....Pages 1-5 Rents, Land Prices and Economic Theory....Pages 6-23 Economic Change and the Russian Gentry, 1861–1914....Pages 24-43 The 1891–92 Famine in Russia....Pages 44-64 ‘A Worker in Disguise’....Pages 65-84 Restructuring the Russian Petroleum Industry in the 1890s....Pages 85-106 British Merchant Houses in Russia before 1914....Pages 107-130 Defence Industries in Tsarist Russia, 1908–13....Pages 131-151 1917 in the Rear Garrisons....Pages 152-168 Lenin and Agrarian Economics in 1917....Pages 169-188 Land Revolution and Land Reform....Pages 189-233 Some Thoughts on the End of NEP....Pages 234-243 Soviet Defence Industries during the First....Pages 244-274 Back Matter....Pages 275-287