The Development of the Soviet Economic System: An Essay on the Experience of Planning in the U.S.S.R.

Cambridge University Press, 1946. Hardcover, xv, 514 pp.; 22 cm; numerous statistical tables. National Institute of Economic and Social Research, Economic and Social Studies V. In Good condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and Cambridge arms on spine; light bumping to edges and corners, mild shelf and edge wear. Small dent with a tear to the cloth on spine below the author's name, a few small nicks at head of spine. Binding tight, thin crack to front hinge. Previous owner's name and address stamped in ink on front free endpaper. Spotting and toning to endpapers. Pages mildly toned, otherwise unmarked. Cream dust jacket printed in green with the Cambridge arms; front flap price-clipped. Several chips and tears 1 inch or less, one repaired on verso with old tape; chipping to the front panel at the title and in a few other spots. Moderate overall toning and soiling, heavier toning to the spine panel. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Analytical history of the Soviet economy from the 1917 Revolution to the eve of the Second World War, divided into four periods: War Communism, the New Economic Policy, the first Five-Year Plans with collectivization and rationing, and the late 1930s. Each period is examined branch by branch (industry, agriculture, trade, labour, public finance and credit, and planning), with extensive statistical tables drawn from Soviet sources. Baykov (1899-1963), a Russian emigre who left the U.S.S.R. in 1920, worked for years at Prokopovich's Russian Economic Study Centre in Prague and lectured on the Soviet economy at the Czech Technical University before becoming head of the Department of Economics and Institutions of the U.S.S.R. at Birmingham University. Published by Cambridge in 1946 ahead of the 1947 American issue. Includes a bibliography and index; the jacket rear panel lists the National Institute's Economic and Social Studies and Occasional Papers series. Contents: Preface; Section I. Transitional Period and Period of 'War Communism'; Section II. Period of Restoration and Preparation for the Reconstruction of the National Economy; Section III. Period of Extensive Industrialization, Collectivization of Agriculture and Rationing; Section IV. Period of Intensive Endeavour to Improve the Country's Economy and Economic System; Bibliography; Index.…