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

In this sweeping 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 debilita...

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Main Author: Hessler, Julie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Russian
Published: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2022]
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Summary:In this sweeping 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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Dec 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781644699799
DOI:10.1515/9781644699799

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