1st Edition
Our Daily Bread Socialist Distribution and the Art of Survival in Stalin's Russia, 1927-1941
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Drawing on newly available archival materials including official documents, reports, and personal accounts, this remarkable study presents a detailed picture of the living standards of various social groups in prewar Soviet Russia, and the role of state-controlled distribution of food and goods as a tool of the Stalinist dictatorship. The study offers a new perspective not only on the period of... Read more
I: Destruction of the Market: 1927–1930; 1: Rationing and Famine—Why?; 2: 1927–1928: First Blow to the Market, First Round of Rationing; 3: 1928–1929: The Attack on the Market Continues; 4: 1929–1930: Dizzy with… Hunger; II: The Inevitability of the Market: 1931–1935; 5: The All-Soviet Rationing System: The Carrot and the Stick of the Industrialization Drive; 6: The Hierarchy of Poverty; 7: Survival Strategies and Spontaneity of the Market; III: The Alliance Between Distribution and the Market: 1936–1941; 8: Approaching the Era of “Free” Trade; 9: Supply Crises: Moments of Truth for Socialist Trade; 10: Business and the Market in the Era of “Free” Trade; Instead of a Conclusion
Biography
Kate Transchel, Elena Osokina
