{"product_id":"a-social-history-of-soviet-trade-trade-policy-retail-practices-and-consumption-19171953-9780691114927","title":"A Social History of Soviet Trade  Trade Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the invention and evolution of socialist trade, the progressive constriction of private trade, and the development of consumer habits from the 1917 revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. This book places trade and consumption in the context of debilitating economic crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unprecedented in its geographic and chronological scope. Hessler's book constitutes a genuine social history of Soviet trade.\"--Thomas C. Owen, Business History Review \"A well-researched study... It deserves a wide and appreciative audience.\"--David L. Hoffmann, American Historical Review \"A fine book... An original and substantial contribution that should be a standard work of reference for some time to come.\"--Mark Harrison, Slavic Review \"ulie Hessler's book offers the most comprehensive account of the consumer economy and should serve as the standard reference work on the subject.\"--Marjorie L. Hilton, Journal of Social History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations ix  List of Tables xi  Preface xiii  Introduction 1  Two Modes of Soviet Socialism 4  Buyers, Sellers, and the Social History of Trade Crisis: Revolution 9  Chapter One  Trade and Consumption in Revolutionary Russia 19  Russian Retailing and Its Unraveling 20  Effects of the Anti-trade Policy 27  The Crisis Mode of Consumption 38  Conclusion 48  Chapter Two  The Invention of Socialism 51  The Emergence of a Socialist Distribution Network, 1918-1921 53  Rationing, \"Commodity Exchange,\" and Price Controls 61  The Antibureaucratic Backlash and Socialist Economic Culture 79  Public-Sector Shops in the Transition to the NEP 87  Conclusion 97  Chapter Three  Shopkeepers and the State 101  Poverty, Capital, and the Commercial Revival 103  The Logic of Utilization and the Regulatory Context 113  Shopkeepers 'Stories: The NEP from Below 119  Conclusion 130  Crisis: Restructuring  Chapter Four  War Communism Redux 135  The NEP from Above: Trade Policy in the Shadow of the Goods Famine 137  Bureaucratism Ascendant: The Effects of Food Shortage on the Distribution System 154  Corporatism in the Service of the Plan 173  Crisis, Consumption, and the Market 184  Conclusion 193  Chapter Five  Toward a New Model 197  Socialist Modernization: \"Cultured Soviet Trade\" 198  Bureaucratism Restrained 215  Stalinism and the Consumer, I: Urban Attitudes and Trends 222  Stalinism and the Consumer, II: The Peasant Challenge to Cultured Trade 230  Conclusion 243  Crisis: War  Chapter Six  The Persistent Private Sector 251  Stalin-era Bazaars 252  Travel, Bagging, and the Survivalist Consensus 273  The Revitalization of the Private Sector 279  Private Trade as a Social Formation: Continuity and Change 289  Conclusion 293  Chapter Seven  Postwar Normalization and Its Limits 296  From Wartime \"Abnormalities\" to the Paradox of Growth 298  Cadres Policy in Postwar Trade 310  Postwar \"Cultured Trade\": A Balance Sheet 316  Conclusion 325  Conclusion 329  Bibliography 337  Index 355","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403728888151,"sku":"9780691114927","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-social-history-of-soviet-trade-trade-policy-retail-practices-and-consumption-19171953-9780691114927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}