{"product_id":"farm-to-factory-9780691144313","title":"Farm to Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo say that history's greatest economic experiment - Soviet communism - was also its greatest economic failure is to say what many consider obvious. This book argues that the USSR was one of the most successful developing economies of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Winner of the 2005 Ranki Prize, Economic History Association \"Farm to Factory ... provide[s] new insights on several key issues and presents a stimulating and wide-ranging perspective on twentieth-century Soviet social and economic history.\"--Gijs Kessler, International Review of Social History \"Robert Allen considers ... contentions about the costs and achievements of industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture in the USSR.\"--Paul Josephson, Technology and Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures ix  List of Tables xi  Acknowledgments xiii  Chapter One  Soviet Development in World-Historical Perspective 1  Part One  The Economy before Stalin 19  Chapter Two  Economic Growth before 1917 21  Chapter Three  The Development Problem in the 1920s 47  Chapter Four  NEP Agriculture and Economic Development 65  Part Two  Stalin's Industrial Revolution 89  Chapter Five  Planning, Collectivization, and Rapid Growth 91  Chapter Six  The Population History of the USSR 111  Chapter Seven  The Standard of Living 132  Chapter Eight  The Causes of Rapid Industrialization 153  Chapter Nine  Preobrazhensky in Action 172  Part Three  After Stalin 187  Chapter Ten  The Soviet Climacteric 189  Appendix A  Soviet National Income 212  Appendix B  The Simulation Model of the Soviet Economy 223  Appendix C  Data Sources 238  Appendix D  The Demographic Databases and Simulation Model Used in Chapter 6 249  Notes 253  Bibliography 271  Index 295","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865522876759,"sku":"9780691144313","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691144313.jpg?v=1722274375","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/farm-to-factory-9780691144313","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}