Social Dimensions of Soviet Industrialization (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)

"This is a fine book, impressive in both quantity and quality." --Journal of Economic History "The collection stands out as one of the most useful volumes currently available on the Soviet Union in the 1930s." --Labour History Review "Altogether, this book succeeds in opening up the social history of the Soviet Union in the era of planning for those students and scholars who are ready to advance beyond the old stereotypes." --ILWCH The pathbreaking essays assembled here examine the complex pattern of relationships between the first Five Year Plans and the society and culture of Stalinist Russia. Discussion focuses on urbanization, social mobility, questions of social identity and the cultural constructions of the industrialization drive, as well as work organization, management relations, and the underlying processes of industrial organization. Introduction / William G. Rosenberg And Lewis H. Siegelbaum -- I. Conceptualizing The Command Economy: Western Historians On Soviet Industrialization / Lewis H. Siegelbaum And Ronald G. Suny -- Ii. The Great Departure: Rural-urban Migration In The Soviet Union, 1929-33 / Sheila Fitzpatrick -- Iii. Social Mobility In The Countryside / Stephen Merl -- Iv. Peopling Magnitostroi: The Politics Of Demography / Stephen Kotkin -- V. The Management Of Soviet Industry, 1928-41 / R. W. Davies -- Vi. The Scope, Authority, And Personnel Of The New Industrial Commissariats In Historical Context / Don K. Rowney -- Vii. The Commander And The Rank And File: Managing The Soviet Coal-mining Industry, 1928-33 / Hiroaki Kuromiya -- Viii. Masters Of The Shop Floor: Foremen And Soviet Industrialization / Lewis H. Siegelbaum -- Ix. Factories Within Factories: Changes In The Structure Of Work And Management In Soviet Machine-building Factories, 1926-34 / David Shearer -- X. Criminal Justice And The Industrial Front / Peter Solomon, Jr. -- Xi. Engineers Of Human Souls In An Age Of Industrialization: Changing Cultural Models, 1929-41 / Katerina Clark -- Xii. Soviet Industrialization From A European Perspective / Geoff Eley -- Xiii. On Soviet Industrialization / Moshe Lewin -- Guide To Further Reading / Steven Coe. Edited By William G. Rosenberg And Lewis H. Siegelbaum. Papersfrom A Seminar Sponsored By The Social Science Research Council On Twentieth-century Russian And Soviet Social History, Held At The Universuty Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, In April 1988. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 285-289) And Index. Contents Introduction I. Conceptualizing the Command Economy: Western Historians on Soviet Industrialization II. The Great Departure: Rural-Urban Migration in the Soviet Union, 1929-33 III. Social Mobility in the Countryside IV. Peopling Magnitostroi: The Politics of Demography V. The Management of Soviet Industry, 1928-41 VI. The Scope, Authority, and Personnel of the New Industrial Commissariats in Historical Context VII. The Commander and the Rank and File: Managing the Soviet Coal-Mining Industry, 1928-33 VIII. Masters of the Shop Floor: Foremen and Soviet Industrialization IX. Factories within Factories: Changes in the Structure of Work and Management in Soviet Machine-Building Factories, 1926-34 X. Criminal Justice and the Industrial Front XI. Engineers of Human Souls in an Age of Industrialization: Changing Cultural Models, 1929-41 XII. Soviet Industrialization from a European Perspective XIII. On Soviet Industrialization Guide to Further Reading Contributors Index Focuses on the social and cultural dimensions of the Soviet industrialization drive of the late 1920s and 1930s and their impact on the process of Soviet industrial transformation