Stakhanovism and the Politics of Productivity in the USSR, 1935-1941.

Abstract

List of tables Preface List of Russian terms and abbreviations Introduction 1. Preconditions and precursors: industrial relations 1929-35 2. From Stakhanov to Stakhanovism 3. Managers and specialists in the Stakhanovite years 4. The making of Stakhanovites 5. Stakhanovites and non-Stakhanovites 6. Stakhanovites in the cultural mythology of the 1930s 7. From the Great Purges to the Great Patriotic War: the decline of Stakhanovism Conclusion Selected bibliography Index.