Engineer of revolutionary Russia : Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways / / Anthony Heywood
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| Autore: |
Heywood Anthony
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| Titolo: |
Engineer of revolutionary Russia : Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways / / Anthony Heywood
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| Pubblicazione: | Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT : , : Ashgate, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 400 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 625.10092 |
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| 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.: | 9910785443103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.