TY - BOOK ID - 2531450 TI - Before Command : An Economic History of Russia from Emancipation to the First Five-Year PY - 2014 SN - 0691042659 1306984793 0691608563 1400863724 9780691042657 PB - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Russia KW - Soviet Union KW - Economic conditions KW - 338 <09> KW - 338 <470> KW - 338 <47 + 57> KW - Economische geschiedenis KW - Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--?<470> KW - Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--?<47+57> KW - -Economic conditions KW - -338 <09> KW - 338 <47 + 57> Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--?<47+57> KW - 338 <470> Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--?<470> KW - 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis KW - -Russia KW - 1861-1917 KW - 1918-1945 KW - Russia - Economic conditions - 1861-1917. KW - Soviet Union - Economic conditions - 1918-1945. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy. KW - Russia - Economic conditions - 1861-1917 KW - Soviet Union - Economic conditions - 1917-1945 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2531450 AB - In a work with significant implications for present-day economic reform in the Soviet Union, Paul Gregory examines Russian and Soviet economic history prior to the installation of the administrative command system. By drawing on basic economic statistics from 1861 to the 1930s, Gregory's revisionist account debunks a number of myths promulgated by historians in both the East and the West. He demonstrates that the Russian economy under the tsars performed much better than has previously been supposed; the Russian economy and its financial institutions were integrated into the world economy, allowing Russia to attract significant foreign capital. Furthermore, he shows that Stalin's justifications for the abandonment of the New Economic Policy in the late 1920s were incorrect: the so-called crises of NEP were either fabricated or the result of misguided economic thinking.Before Command is the culmination of the author's lifelong study of the economic history of Russia and the Soviet Union. In convincing detail it describes little-known Russian and Soviet successes with market capitalism, while it also shows the problems inherent in a mixed system, such as the NEP, which seeks to combine very strong elements of command with market resource allocation.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -