Technology and Society under Lenin and Stalin : Origins of the Soviet Technical Intelligentsia, 1917-1941 / Kendall E. Bailes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailes, Kendall E., author.

Series:

Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University

Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University ; 4669

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elite (Social sciences)--Soviet Union.

Elite (Social sciences).

Technologists--Soviet Union.

Technologists.

Technology--Social aspects--Soviet Union.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustration

Preface

Introduction

Part 1: The Early Years to 1928

1. Background of the Russian Technostructure: From the Tsarist Era to 1918

2. The Soviet Technostructure, 1918-1928

Part 2: The Old Specialists and the Power Structure, 1928-1931

3. The Shakhty Affair

4. The Industrial Party Affair

5. The Aftermath of the Shakhty and Industrial Party Trials

6. Old Specialists and New Patrons: The End of Terror

Part 3. The New Specialists: Recruitment and Education, 1928-1941

7. Cultural Revolution and the Creation of a New Technical Intelligentsia, 1928-1933

8. Recruitment of the New Technostructure: Class, Sex, and Ethnic Origins, 1928-1941

9. The Educational Experience: Quantity and Quality, 1928-1941

10. The Educational Experience: Student Life and Attitudes, 1928-1941

Part 4. The Technical Intelligentsia at Work, 1928-1941

11. The Production Specialist and the Politics of Planning

12. The Flight from Production: Causes and Consequences

13. Research and Development: The Barriers to Innovation

14. Technology and Legitimacy: Soviet Aviation and Stalinism in the 1930s

Conclusions

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Appendix

Selected Bibliography

Index

Studies of the Russian Institute

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781400847839

1400847834

OCLC:

902958186