Engineer of revolutionary Russia : Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways / / Anthony Heywood

• Autore: Heywood Anthony
• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 625.10092; B
• Soggetto topico: Railroad engineers - Soviet Union; Railroads - Soviet Union - History; Engineering - Soviet Union - History; Science - Soviet Union - History; Technology - Soviet Union - History; Transportation - Soviet Union - History
• Soggetto geografico: Russia History Revolution, 1905-1907 Influence; Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Influence
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Note on Renderings; Glossary of Technical Terms; Principal railways of European Russia and Western Siberia, circa 1914; Principal railways of Siberia and Russian Central Asia, circa 1914; Introduction; 1 The Making of a Russian Engineer; 2 First Steps in Railway Engineering; 3 Engineering Professor; 4 The Russian Revolution of 1905; 5 Applications of Science on the Russian Railways, 1908-1914; 6 War and Revolution, 1914-1917; 7 America and the Bolshevik Revolution ; 8 Building the New Russia 9 The Diesel Revolution; 10 'A Free Soviet Citizen Abroad'; 11 Retirement and Remembrance; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's life, but also contributes to the growing academic interest in the history of science and technology in Russia and the Soviet Union.
• Titolo autorizzato: Engineer of revolutionary Russia
• ISBN: 1-315-57967-7; 1-317-14332-9; 1-317-14331-0; 1-282-94831-8; 9786612948312; 1-4094-1234-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809160103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.