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Engineer of revolutionary Russia : Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways / Anthony Heywood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heywood, Anthony.
- Series:
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lomonosov, I︠U︡. (I︠U︡riĭ), 1876-1952.
- Lomonosov, I︠U︡.
- Lomonosov, I︠U︡. (I︠U︡riĭ), 1876-1952--Political and social views.
- Railroad engineers--Soviet Union--Biography.
- Railroad engineers.
- Railroads--Soviet Union--History.
- Railroads.
- Engineering--Soviet Union--History.
- Engineering.
- Science--Soviet Union--History.
- Science.
- Technology--Soviet Union--History.
- Technology.
- Transportation--Soviet Union--History.
- Transportation.
- Russia--History--Revolution, 1905-1907--Influence.
- Russia.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Influence.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's life, but also contributes to the growing academic interest in the history of science and technology in Russia and the Soviet Union.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Note on Renderings; Glossary of Technical Terms; Principal railways of European Russia and Western Siberia, circa 1914; Principal railways of Siberia and Russian Central Asia, circa 1914; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Russian Engineer; 2 First Steps in Railway Engineering; 3 Engineering Professor; 4 The Russian Revolution of 1905; 5 Applications of Science on the Russian Railways, 1908-1914; 6 War and Revolution, 1914-1917; 7 America and the Bolshevik Revolution
- 8 Building the New Russia 9 The Diesel Revolution; 10 'A Free Soviet Citizen Abroad'; 11 Retirement and Remembrance; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57967-7
- 1-317-14332-9
- 1-317-14331-0
- 1-282-94831-8
- 9786612948312
- 1-4094-1234-2
- 9781315579672
- OCLC:
- 699474791
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