Technology and Society under Lenin and Stalin.
From the Soviet technical intelligentsia emerged more than three quarters of recent Politburo members, including Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Podgorny. The largest single group of dissenters, including Grigorenko, Sakharov, and Solzhenitsyn, have also been members. Originally published in 1978. The Prince...
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction; Part 1: The Early Years to 1928; 1 Background of the Russian Technostructure: From the Tsarist Era to 1918; 2 The Soviet Technostructure, 1918-1928; Part 2: The Old Specialists and the Power Structure, 1928-1931; 3 The Shakhty Affair; 4 The Industrial Party Affair; 5 The Aftermath of the Shakhty and Industrial Party Trials; 6 Old Specialists and New Patrons: The End of Terror; Part 3: The New Specialists: Recruitment and Education, 1928-1941; 7 Cultural Revolution and the Creation of a New Technical Intelligentsia, 1928-1933.
- 8 Recruitment of the New Technostructure: Class, Sex, and Ethnic Origins, 1928-19419 The Educational Experience: Quantity and Quality, 1928-1941; 10 The Educational Experience: Student Life and Attitudes, 1928-1941; Part 4: The Technical Intelligentsia at Work, 1928-1941; 11 The Production Specialist and the Politics of Planning; 12 The Flight from Production: Causes and Consequences; 13 Research and Development: The Barriers to Innovation; 14 Technology and Legitimacy: Soviet Aviation and Stalinism in the 1930s; Conclusions; Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations; Appendix.
- Selected BibliographyIndex; Studies of the Russian Institute.