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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Workers Mobilize -- 2 The Klepikov Affair -- 3 The Liulin Affair -- 4 Battle at the Point of Production -- 5 To the Brink of Rebellion -- 6 The Teikovo Strike -- Conclusion -- Appendix: How Cloth was Manufactured -- Archival Sources --...

Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Acknowledgments -- Translator's Note -- Note on Transliteration -- A Note on the Documents -- Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. The Grain Procurement Crisis -- Chapter 1. The Crisis of NEP: 7 May 1927-14 January 1928 -- Chapter...