The Making of the Soviet System
Subtitle: Essays in the Social History of Interwar Russia
Publisher: New Press
Published: August 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781565841253
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social conditions; History - General History; History: American; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russia; Soviet Union; Anthropology - Cultural; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; 1917-1936; Politics and government
Description: "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.