TY - BOOK ID - 1701894 TI - Farm to factory : a reinterpretation of the Soviet industrial revolution. PY - 2003 SN - 0691006962 9780691006963 PB - Princeton (N.J.) Princeton university press DB - UniCat KW - History of Eastern Europe KW - anno 1900-1999 KW - Russian Federation KW - Industrialization KW - Industrialisation KW - Soviet Union KW - URSS KW - Economic policy. KW - Economic conditions. KW - Politique économique KW - Conditions économiques KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions KW - 338.22 <47> KW - 338 <09> <47> KW - Economische organisatieleer. Economisch beleid. Economische politiek--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie KW - Economische geschiedenis--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie KW - Economische groei. KW - Industrialisatie. KW - Industrialisierung. KW - Wirtschaftspolitik. KW - Wirtschaftswachstum. KW - Sowjetunion. KW - 338 <09> <47> Economische geschiedenis--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie KW - 338.22 <47> Economische organisatieleer. Economisch beleid. Economische politiek--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie KW - Russia KW - Politique économique KW - Conditions économiques KW - Industrialization - Soviet Union KW - Soviet Union - Economic policy KW - Soviet Union - Economic conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1701894 AB - "Robert Allen argues that the USSR was one of the most successful developing economies of the twentieth century. He reaches this provocative conclusion by recalculating national consumption and using economic, demographic, and computer simulation models to address the "what if" questions central to Soviet history. Moreover by comparing Soviet performance not only with advanced but with less developed countries, he provides a meaningful context for its evaluation." "While highlighting the previously under-emphasized achievements of Soviet planning, Farm to Factory also shows, through methodical analysis set in fluid prose, that Stalin's worst excesses - such as the bloody collectivization of agriculture - did little to spur growth. Economic development stagnated after 1970, as vital resources were diverted to the military and as a Soviet leadership lacking in original thought pursued wastefully investments."--BOOK JACKET. ER -