Technology and Society under Lenin and Stalin: Origins of the Soviet Technical Intelligentsia, 1917-1941 (Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University)

From the Soviet technical intelligentsia emerged more than three quarters of recent Politburo members, including Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Podgorny. The largest single group of dissenters, including Grigorenko, Sakharov, and Solzhenitsyn, have also been members. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Frontmatter (page N/A) Preface (page xi) Introduction (page 3) 1. The Early Years (page 17) 1. Background of the Russian Technostructure: From the TSarist Era to 1918 (page 19) 2. The Soviet Technostructure, 1918-1928 (page 44) 2. The Old Specialists and the Power Structure (page 67) 3. The Shakhty Affair (page 69) 4. The Industrial Party Affair (page 95) 5. The Aftermath of the Shakhty and Industrial Party Trials (page 122) 6. The Old Specialists and the Power Structure, 1928-1931 (page 141) 3. The New Specialists: Recruitment and Education, 1928-1941 (page 157) 7. Cultural Revolution and the Creation of a New Technical Intelligentsia, 1928-1941 (page 159) 8. Recruitment of the New Technostructure: Class, Sex, and Ethnic Origins, 1928-1941 (page 188) 9. The Educational Experience: Quantity and Quality (page 216) 10. The Educational Experience: Student Life and Attitudes, 1928-1941 (page 244) 4. The Technical Intelligentsia at Work, 1928-1941 (page 263) 11. The Production Specialist and the Politics of Planning (page 265) 12. The Flight from Production: Causes and Consequences (page 297) 13. Research and Development: The Barriers to Innovation (page 337) 14. Technology and Legitimacy: Soviet Aviation and Stalinism in the 1930's (page 381) Conclusions (page 407) Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations (page 427) Appendix (page 431) Selected Bibliography (page 443) Index (page 459) Studies of the Russian Institute (page 471) From the Soviet technical intelligentsia emerged more than three quarters of recent Politburo members, including Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Podgorny. The largest single group of dissenters, including Grigorenko, Sakharov, and Solzhenitsyn, have also been members. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905