The making of the Soviet system : essays in the social history of interwar Russia

In This Now-classic Book, The Making Of The Soviet System, Moshe Lewin Traces The Transformation Of Russian Society And The Russian Political System In The Period Between The Two World Wars, A Transformation That Was To Lead To Stalinism In The 1930s. Lewin Focuses On The Changes Stemming From War, Revolution, Civil War, And Industrialization, And He Discusses Such Topics As Rural Society And Religion In The Twentieth Century; The Background Of Soviet Collectivization; Soviet Prewar Policies Of Agricultural Procurement; The Kolkhoz And The Muzhik; Leninism And Bolshevism; Industrial Relations During The Five-year Plans Of 1928-1941; And The Social Background Of Stalinism. Through This Comprehensive Approach To Understanding The Origins And Problems Of Stalinism, Lewin Makes A Significant Contribution To The Study Of Russia's Social History Before The Revolution As Well As In The Soviet Period.--book Jacket. Rural Society In Twentieth-century Russia -- Popular Religion In Twentieth-century Russia -- Customary Law And Rural Society In The Postreform Era -- Immediate Background Of Soviet Collectivization -- Who Was The Soviet Kulak? -- Taking Grain : Soviet Policies Of Agricultural Procurements Before The War -- Kolkhoz And The Russian Muzhik -- Leninism And Bolshevism : The Test Of History Of Power -- Society, State, And Ideology During The First Five-year Plan -- Social Relations Inside Industry During The Prewar Five-year Plans, 1928-41 -- Social Background Of Stalinism -- Grappling With Stalinism. Moshe Lewin. Previously Published By Pantheon Books In 1985--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 315-338) And Index. Contents Introduction: Social Crises and Political Structures Part I. The Rural Ways: Mores and Magic 1. Rural Society in Twentieth-Century Russia: A Preliminary Sketch 2. Popular Religion in Twentieth-Century Russia 3. Customary Law and Rural Society in the Postreform Era Part II. Collectivization—Or Something Else? 4. The Immediate Background of Soviet Collectivization 5. Who Was the Soviet Kulak? 6. 'Taking Grain” : Soviet Policies of Agricultural Procurements Before the War 7. The Kolkhoz and the Russian Muzhik ■THREE CORROSIVE FACTORS ■ LENINISM AND THE WORKING CLASS ■ TOO REAL A REALITY ■ THE FACE THAT DISTORTS THE MIRROR ■ LENINISMS IN QUESTION ■ LENINISM EMBALMED AND THEN... Part III. Different Leninisms and Social Change 8. Leninism and Bolshevism: The Test of History and Power 9. Society, State, and Ideology During the First Five-Year Plan 10. Social Relations Inside Industry During the Prewar Five-Year Plans, 1928-41 11. The Social Background of Stalinism 12. Grappling with Stalinism Notes Index Tracing the transformation of Russian society and government that was to lead to Stalinism, this book places its emphasis on the changes stemming from war, revolution, civil war and industrialization. It also examines the political, ideological and cultural developments during the period.