Modernization from the Other Shore : : American Intellectuals and the Romance of Russian Development / / David C. Engerman.
From the late nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, America's experts on Russia watched as Russia and the Soviet Union embarked on a course of rapid industrialization. Captivated by the idea of modernization, diplomats, journalists, and scholars across the political spectrum rationaliz...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- Introduction: From the Other Shore
- PART I: AUTOCRATIC RUSSIA, LETHARGIC RUSSIANS
- 1 An Empire of Climate
- 2 Endurance without Limit
- 3 Studying Our Nearest Oriental Neighbor
- PART II: REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA, INSTINCTUAL RUSSIANS
- 4 Little above the Brute
- 5 Sheep without a Shepherd
- 6 Feeding the Mute Millions of Muzhiks
- PART III: MODERNIZING RUSSIA, BACKWARD RUSSIANS
- 7 New Society, New Scholars
- 8 The Romance of Economic Development
- 9 Starving Itself Great
- 10 Scratch a Soviet and You’ll Find a Russian
- Epilogue: Russian Expertise in an Age of Social Science
- Sources
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index