In the first systematic study of its kind, Hua-yu Li explains why, in 1953, Mao suddenly changed direction in economic policy and launched China on a Stalinist road to socialism. In so doing, he profoundly changed the country's economic and political landscape. Including rich archival materials...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Transliteration, Names, and Translation -- A Note on the Relative Value of Money Then and Now -- Prologue: The Patrimony of Imperial Russia -- Introduction to Bolshevik Gold: The Nature of a Forgotten Problem -- I. The Heist -- 1. The Banks...

Intro -- Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Communism as an Economic and Societal System in the Twentieth Century -- 1.1. The theoretical model of the command economy and society -- 1.2. The historical evolution of Soviet communism --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O...

During the first two decades of the twentieth century, amidst an extraordinary international upsurge in strike action, the ideas of revolutionary syndicalism developed into a major influence within the world wide trade union movement. Through a comparative study of revolutionary syndicalism in...

Asian Economic Systems provides readers with a crisp analytic framework, concepts and narrative highlighting contemporary Asia's systemic diversity. The framework facilitates insightful comparison with the western neoclassical ideal. This method allows students to easily appreciate the special...