{"product_id":"stalins-quest-for-gold-9781501758515","title":"Stalins Quest for Gold","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsokina's narrative is a deeply researched, engagingly written institutional history of Torgsin, with crucial macro-economic calculations and statistics, as well as insightful details about Soviet life in the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e * HISTORY: Reviews of New Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating book to read. All of its richly researched topics, from relations between Torgsin and the state security apparatus to interior design offer intriguing insights into the relationship between plan and market, state and society, practice and ideology. Elena Osokina is an eloquent storyteller and a thoughtful commentator, expertly mediating between individual stories and larger historical—and historiographic—questions. [Reviewing the Russian edition.]\u003c\/p\u003e * Slavic Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eElena Osokina's analysis of a key Soviet business affords a fascinating angle on diverse aspects of Soviet life. Soviet historians have traditionally focused on collectivization as the regime's solution to the urgent need for hard currency but Osokina draws attention to Torgsin as a still more important source and emphasizes the extent to which famine was the engine of the company's growth. A richly rewarding book. [Reviewing the Russian edition.]\u003c\/p\u003e * Kritika *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eElena Osokina's book is unique in its genre. It sheds new light on the history of the Soviet economy and the industrialization of the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e * Franz Steiner Verlag Journals *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOsokina explored several archives and a large literature in order to reconstruct the history of this un-Bolshevik understanding in the workers paradise. Her book is all the more valuable since it provides a glimpse into the social practices, which appeared in the shadow of the Torgsin.\u003c\/p\u003e * Recensio.net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: An Accidental Finding\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Small Bureau to Trade Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Birth of Torgsin\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Golden Idea\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Torgsin Empire\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Red Directors of Torgsin: The Political Commissar\u003cbr\u003e 5. Why Did Stalin Need Torgsin?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: People's Treasures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Gold\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Red Directors of Torgsin: The Intelligence Agent\u003cbr\u003e 8. Silver\u003cbr\u003e 9. Diamonds and Platinum\u003cbr\u003e 10. Send Dollars to Torgsin!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Everyday Life in Torgsin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. What's for Sale?\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Patrons\u003cbr\u003e 13. Prices\u003cbr\u003e 14. Soviet Brothels\u003cbr\u003e 15. Torgsin and the Political Police\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Seller Is Always Right\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Torgsin's Swan Song\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Red Directors of Torgsin: The Socialist Revolutionary\u003cbr\u003e 18. Twilight\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Sorcerer's Stone: The Alchemy of Soviet Industrialization\u003cbr\u003e Instead of a Conclusion: The Paradoxes of Torgsin\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50059004707159,"sku":"9781501758515","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501758515.jpg?v=1740453461","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stalins-quest-for-gold-9781501758515","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}