Russia's Cotton Workers and the New Economic Policy
Subtitle: Shop-Floor Culture and State Policy, 19211929 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780521894272
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; Labour economics; Social history; 20th century; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; History - General History; History; History: American; Russia; Careers - Job Almanacs; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Business & Economics-Careers - Job Almanacs; Cotton textile industry--Soviet Union--Employ; Cotton textile industry--Soviet Union--Employees--History--20th century; History / Europe / General; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union)
First sentence: On the eve of war and revolution Nicholas' Empire was one of the great cotton-spinning centres of the world, fourth in the league table after Britain, the United States and Germany.