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Author Gatrell, Peter

Title Government, industry and rearmament in Russia, 1900-1914 : the last argument of tsarism / Peter Gatrell
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 399 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Cambridge Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies ; 92
Cambridge Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies ; 92.
Contents pt. 1. Defence imperatives and Russian industry, 1911-1907 -- pt. 2. Rearmament and industrial ambition
Summary This book provides an economic historian's perspective on major questions that confront all students of Russian history: how stable were the economic and administrative structures of late-imperial Russia, and how well prepared was Russia for war in 1914? The decade following the Russo-Japanese War witnessed profound changes in the political system and in the industrial economy. The regime faced challenges to its authority from industrialists, caught in the throes of recession, and from parliamentary critics of tsarist administration. Peter Gatrell provides a comprehensive account of the attempts made by government and business to confront these challenges, examining the organisation and performance of a key industry and showing how decisions were reached about the allocation of resources, and the far-reaching consequences these decisions entailed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-387) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Industrial policy -- Russia -- History
Defense industries -- Russia -- History
Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
Defense industries
Economic history
Industrial policy
Innenpolitik
Wirtschaft
Rüstungsindustrie
SUBJECT Russia -- Economic conditions -- 1861-1917. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125724
Russia -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
Subject Russia
Russland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 93011074
ISBN 9780511562877
051156287X
9780521466196
0521466199