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The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia Volume 7: The Soviet Economy and the Approach of War, 1937–1939

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Concludes the seven volume series The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia

  • Provides an authoritative account of the Soviet Union’s industrial transformation between 1937 and 1939

  • Explores the industrialisation of Soviet Russia from the Great Terror to the Hitler-Stalin pact and the outbreak of World War II

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. The Repressions of 1937–1938 and the Soviet Economy

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 1-21
  3. The Political Context of Economic Change: 1937 to the Spring of 1939

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 23-45
  4. The Economic Slowdown of 1937

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 47-78
  5. 1937 in Retrospect

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 79-128
  6. The Soviet Population and the Censuses of 1937 and 1939

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 129-155
  7. The Partial Recovery of the Economy in 1938

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 157-202
  8. Agriculture in 1938 and 1939

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 203-237
  9. The Drive for Growth and the Eighteenth Party Congress, January–March 1939

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 239-272
  10. The Economy in 1939: Further Moves to a War Economy

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 273-310
  11. The Soviet Economy: The Late 1930s in Historical Perspective

    • R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft
    Pages 311-343
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 345-439

About this book

This book concludes The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, an authoritative account of the Soviet Union’s industrial transformation between 1929 and 1939. The volume before this one covered the ‘good years’ (in economic terms) of 1934 to 1936. The present volume has a darker tone: beginning from the Great Terror, it ends with the Hitler-Stalin pact and the outbreak of World War II in Europe. During that time, Soviet society was repeatedly mobilised against internal and external enemies, and the economy provided one of the main arenas for the struggle. This was expressed in waves of repression, intensive rearmament, the increased regimentation of the workforce and the widespread use of forced labour.


Reviews

“This series, and this volume in particular, is essential reading for scholars with an academic interest in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, particularly economic historians interested in planning, the buildup to the Second World War, and Soviet statistics.” (Gregg, EH Net, July, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    R. W. Davies

  • Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Mark Harrison

  • National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Oleg Khlevniuk

  • School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Stephen G. Wheatcroft

About the authors

R. W. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Russian Economic Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Mark Harrison is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, UK, a Research Associate of Warwick’s ESRC Centre on Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy, and a Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for European, Russian, Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham.

Oleg Khlevniuk is Professor of History at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation, and Leading Research Fellow of the HSE International Centre for the History and Sociology of World War II and its Consequences.

Stephen G. Wheatcroft is Professor of History at Deakin University, Australia, and a Professorial Fellow and Associate of the University of Melbourne.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia Volume 7: The Soviet Economy and the Approach of War, 1937–1939

  • Authors: R. W. Davies, Mark Harrison, Oleg Khlevniuk, Stephen G. Wheatcroft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-36238-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-36237-7Published: 26 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-36238-4Published: 11 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 439

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Economic History, Modern History, History of Military, History of Modern Europe

Buy it now

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eBook USD 109.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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