The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia #3) The Soviet Economy in Turmoil 1929-1930 (1989)

In 1929-30, the 'spinal year' of the first five-year plan, a vast investment programme began the transformation of the Soviet Union from a peasant country into a great industrial power. This book, the third part of The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, re-examines the breakdown of the mixed economy. In those days of heroism and enthusiasm, hunger and repression, crucial Soviet economic and political institutions were established, and are only now being effectively challenged by Gorbachev's revolution. While complementing the previous two volumes of this author's work, the book is designed to be read independently. It sheds new light on a dramatic moment in Soviet history and in the formation of the Soviet system. 1 The Industrial Economy in the MID-1920S (a) The Social Transformation (b) Continuity and Change in the Industrial Economy (i) The changing shape of industry (ii) Productivity and the length of the working day (iii) Internal trade (iv) Foreign trade and foreign technology (v) The comparative perspective (c) Instruments Of Planned Industrialisation (d) First Steps to Industrialisation, 1924-7 2 The Triumph o f Rapid Industrialisation, October i 927""September 1929 (a) The Expansion of Industry (b) The Breakdown of the New Economic Policy (c) The Socialist Offensive (d) The Industrial Economy, Summer 1929 3 The Social Context, 1929-30 (a) The Socialist Offensive Renewed (b) The Specialists (c) The Workers (d) The Party 4 The Intellectual Framework, 1929-30 5 Economic Doctrines i n Transition, I 92 9_ 3 (a) Political Economy and Economic Theory (b) The Transition from NEP to Socialism (c) Money and Socialism 6 Plans for a Heroic Age, 1929-30 (a) The Control Figures for 1929/30 (b) The Transformation of the Five-Year Plan (i) The plan as a whole (ii) The fuel industries (iii) Iron and steel (iv) The engineering industries (v) Major projects under stress (vi) ‘Giants and dwarfs’: the scale of production (vii) Specialisation by product and component 222 (c) The General Plan 7 Progress and Turmoil i n the Industrial Economy, October 1929-MAY 1930 (a) The Impact of the World Economic Crisis (b) The Framework of Central Power (c) The Advance of Industrialisation (d) The Management of Labour (i) The nepreryvkaand multi-shift working (ii) Socialist emulation (iii) Production collectives and production communes (iv) Output norms and wages (v) Workers’ participation (vi) Control over labour (e) Internal Trade and Rationing (i) Retail trade (ii) Rationing (iii) Retail prices (iv) The peasant market (v) Real wages and living standards (f) Financial Controls (i) Finance and planning 8 THE XVI PARTY CONGRESS, JUNE 26-JULY 13, 1930 13 Conclusions (b) The Industrialisation Drive, 1927—9 (c) Accelerated Industrialisation, 1929-30 (d) Industrialisation and the Economic System, 1929-30 Tables Glossary of RussianTerms and Abbreviations used in Text Abbreviations of Titles of Books and Periodical Publications, etc., used in Footnotes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index