A Social History of Soviet Trade : Trade Policy, Retail Practices, and Consumption, 1917-1953 /

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"Drawing on newly opened archives in Moscow and several provinces, this documented work offers a new perspective on the social, economic, and political history of the formative decades of the USSR."--Jacket.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hessler, Julie, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociale aspecten.
Consumptie.
Economische crises.
Binnenlandse handel.
Retail trade.
Consumption (Economics)
Commercial policy.
15.70 history of Europe.
Consommation (Économie politique) > URSS > Histoire.
Commerce de detail > URSS > Histoire.
Consumption (Economics) > Soviet Union > History.
Retail trade > Soviet Union > History.
Soviet Union.
URSS > Politique commerciale.
Soviet Union > Commercial policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"Drawing on newly opened archives in Moscow and several provinces, this documented work offers a new perspective on the social, economic, and political history of the formative decades of the USSR."--Jacket.
"In this study, Julie Hessler traces the invention and evolution of socialist trade, the progressive constriction of private trade, and the development of consumer habits from the 1917 revolution to Stalin's death in 1953. The book places trade and consumption in the context of debilitating economic crises. Although Soviet leaders, and above all, Stalin, identified socialism with the modernization of retailing and the elimination of most private transactions, these goals conflicted with the economic dynamics that produced shortages and with the government's bureaucratic, repressive, and socially discriminatory political culture."
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781400843565

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