Beginnings of Russian Industrialization, 1800-1860 / / William L. Blackwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Blackwell, William L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2114
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)

Since Russian tradition and institutions resemble those of Asia and Africa as much if not more than the patterns of Western societies, the pre-1917 industrial history of Russia, as the last part of the tsarist regime, provides one of the most important examples of early industrialization in world hi...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I. Industrial Russia Before 1860
• 1. Russian Industry and Technology Prior to 1800
• 2. Russian Industries in the Early Nineteenth Century
• 3. Toward a Business Economy
• 4. Cities and Urban Society
• Part II. The State and Industrial Development
• 5. The Industrialization Debate
• 6. The Administration of Industrial Development
• 7. State Industrial Policy and War
• Part III. Private Industrial Enterprise
• 8. Social Origins of the Industrial Entrepreneur
• 9. Religious Origins of the Industrial Entrepreneur
• 10. The Foreign Entrepreneur
• Part IV. Transportation
• 11. From Rivers to Rails
• 12. The Building of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railroad
• 13. Locomotive Development, Operational Problems, and Railroad Planning, 1840-1860
• Part V. Technology
• 14. The Dissemination and Advance of Technical Knowledge
• 15. Technical Education and Research
• 16. The Application of Technology
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Appendices, Bibliography, and Index
• Appendix 1. The Imperial Budget of 1825
• Appendix 2. Part 1: Russian Industry in the Eighteenth Century
• Part 2: Russian Industry in the Early Nineteenth Century
• Part 3: Population and Social Structure in the Early Nineteenth Century
• Part 4: Foreign and Domestic Trade in the Early Nineteenth Century
• Part 5: Education in the Early Nineteenth Century
• Bibliography
• Index