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Autore |
Hanson Philip <1936-2022, > |
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Titolo |
The rise and fall of the Soviet economy : an economic history of the USSR from 1945 / / Philip Hanson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-317-88537-6 |
1-138-13869-X |
1-317-88538-4 |
1-315-84127-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Soviet Union Economic conditions |
Soviet Union Economic policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The starting point: the Stalinist economic system and the aftermath of war -- Khrushchev: hope rewarded, 1953-60 -- Khrushchev: things fall apart, 1960-64 -- A new start: Brezhnev, 1964-73 -- The "Era of Stagnation": 1973-82 -- Three funerals and a coronation: November 1982 to March 1985 -- Gorbachev and Catastroika -- The end-game, 1989-91 -- The Soviet economy in retrospect. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why did the Soviet economic system fall apart? Did the economy simply overreach itself through military spending? Was it the centrally-planned character of Soviet socialism that was at fault? Or did a potentially viable mechanism come apart in Gorbachev''s clumsy hands? Does its failure mean that true socialism is never economically viable? The economic dimension is at the very heart of the Russian story in the twentieth century. Economic issues were the cornerstone of soviet ideology and the soviet system, and economic issues brought the whole system crashing down in 1989-91. This book is a |
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