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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524905203321

Autore

Coopersmith Jonathan <1955->

Titolo

The electrification of Russia, 1880-1926 / / Jonathan Coopersmith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016

©1992

ISBN

9781501707162

9780801427237

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

15.70

Disciplina

333.79/32/0947

Soggetti

Electrification - Economic aspects - Russia (Federation)

Electric industries - Russia (Federation) - History

Electrification - Economic aspects - Soviet Union

Electric industries - Soviet Union - History

Russia Economic conditions 1861-1917

Soviet Union Economic conditions 1917-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The first full account of the widespread adoption of electricity in Russia, from the beginning in the 1880s to its early years as a state technology under Soviet rule. Coopersmith’s narrative of this crucial element in the modernization of Russia elucidates the deep-seated and chronic conflict between the utopianism of Soviet ideology and the reality of Soviet politics and economics.