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 --...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Three Puzzles -- Summary of Findings -- PART 1 The "Arab Inequality" Puzzle -- 1 Economic Inequality: Measurement and Biases -- Introduction -- Income...

Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Part One: Introductory Essay -- 1. TEN REASONS FOR NOT READING LENIN -- Lenin: A Succinct Biography -- Lenin's Critics -- His Time and Ours -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Part Two: Lenin's Selected Writings, 1895-1923 -- 2. MARXIST PROGRAMME AND...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Key Messages -- Overview -- Analytical strategy -- The nature of the impact -- The preconditions of the fallout -- Looking ahead: A tale of two futures -- Notes -- References -- 1. Prelude -- Mashreq: A timeline retrospective --...

Our purpose here is to challenge the "big-bang" approach to economic history in which some alleged institutional imposition - a deus machine - is claimed to launch a series of new economic behaviors. This so-called prime mover is then carried forward by the inexorable forces of path dependency...