R. W. DAVIES is Emeritus Professor of Soviet Economic Studies in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, of which he was previously Director. IN the course of his research he has paid many visits to Russia to study in Moscow and St Petersburg libraries and in the state and former party archives. His previous publications include The Development of the Soviet Budgetary System; Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution; From Tsarism to the New Economic Policy (editor); The Socialist Offensive: The Collectivisation of Soviet Agriculture, 1929-1930; The Soviet Collective Farm, 1929-1930; and The Soviet Economy in Turmoil, 1929-1930. He collaborated with E. H. Carr on Volumes 9 and 10 of A History of Soviet Russia.

• List of Tables - Preface - The 1931 Plan - The Industrial Conference, January 30-February 4, 1931 - The Struggle for the Plan, January-June 1931 - Stalin's Conditions for Industrial Development - Reforms and Plans, July-December 1931 - 1931 in Retrospect - The 1932 Plan - The XVII Party Conference, January 30-February 4, 1932 - Reforms amid Difficulties, January-June 1932 - Crisis and Repression, July-December 1932 - 1932 Results in Retrospect - The January Plenum and the 1933 Plan - From Disaster to Stability: The Political Context of 1933 - The Depths of Crisis, January-March 1933 - The Eve of the Upsurge, April-December 1933 - 1933 in Retrospect - Urban Society in Transition - Conclusions - Tables - Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations used in Text - Abbreviations of Titles of Books and Periodical Publications, etc, used in Footnotes - Bibliography - Name Index - Subject Index

Reviews of volumes: 'The Soviet Economy in Turmoil will be read avidly by all specialists on the Soviet economy; it should also be consulted by anyone with an interest in the history of the 20th century.' - Alistair McAuley, Economic Journal 'Future generations of university students may well follow courses on comparative Russian/Soviet perestroika studies from Peter the Great to Gorbachev. If so, they will find in The Soviet Economy in Turmoil an essential text.' - David Dyker, Slavonic and East European Review

R. W. DAVIES is Emeritus Professor of Soviet Economic Studies in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, of which he was previously Director. IN the course of his research he has paid many visits to Russia to study in Moscow and St Petersburg libraries and in the state and former party archives. His previous publications include The Development of the Soviet Budgetary System; Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution; From Tsarism to the New Economic Policy (editor); The Socialist Offensive: The Collectivisation of Soviet Agriculture, 1929-1930; The Soviet Collective Farm, 1929-1930; and The Soviet Economy in Turmoil, 1929-1930. He collaborated with E. H. Carr on Volumes 9 and 10 of A History of Soviet Russia.

• List of Tables - Preface - The 1931 Plan - The Industrial Conference, January 30-February 4, 1931 - The Struggle for the Plan, January-June 1931 - Stalin's Conditions for Industrial Development - Reforms and Plans, July-December 1931 - 1931 in Retrospect - The 1932 Plan - The XVII Party Conference, January 30-February 4, 1932 - Reforms amid Difficulties, January-June 1932 - Crisis and Repression, July-December 1932 - 1932 Results in Retrospect - The January Plenum and the 1933 Plan - From Disaster to Stability: The Political Context of 1933 - The Depths of Crisis, January-March 1933 - The Eve of the Upsurge, April-December 1933 - 1933 in Retrospect - Urban Society in Transition - Conclusions - Tables - Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations used in Text - Abbreviations of Titles of Books and Periodical Publications, etc, used in Footnotes - Bibliography - Name Index - Subject Index

Reviews of volumes: 'The Soviet Economy in Turmoil will be read avidly by all specialists on the Soviet economy; it should also be consulted by anyone with an interest in the history of the 20th century.' - Alistair McAuley, Economic Journal 'Future generations of university students may well follow courses on comparative Russian/Soviet perestroika studies from Peter the Great to Gorbachev. If so, they will find in The Soviet Economy in Turmoil an essential text.' - David Dyker, Slavonic and East European Review

R. W. DAVIES is Emeritus Professor of Soviet Economic Studies in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, of which he was previously Director. IN the course of his research he has paid many visits to Russia to study in Moscow and St Petersburg libraries and in the state and former party archives. His previous publications include The Development of the Soviet Budgetary System; Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution; From Tsarism to the New Economic Policy (editor); The Socialist Offensive: The Collectivisation of Soviet Agriculture, 1929-1930; The Soviet Collective Farm, 1929-1930; and The Soviet Economy in Turmoil, 1929-1930. He collaborated with E. H. Carr on Volumes 9 and 10 of A History of Soviet Russia.

• List of Tables - Preface - The 1931 Plan - The Industrial Conference, January 30-February 4, 1931 - The Struggle for the Plan, January-June 1931 - Stalin's Conditions for Industrial Development - Reforms and Plans, July-December 1931 - 1931 in Retrospect - The 1932 Plan - The XVII Party Conference, January 30-February 4, 1932 - Reforms amid Difficulties, January-June 1932 - Crisis and Repression, July-December 1932 - 1932 Results in Retrospect - The January Plenum and the 1933 Plan - From Disaster to Stability: The Political Context of 1933 - The Depths of Crisis, January-March 1933 - The Eve of the Upsurge, April-December 1933 - 1933 in Retrospect - Urban Society in Transition - Conclusions - Tables - Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations used in Text - Abbreviations of Titles of Books and Periodical Publications, etc, used in Footnotes - Bibliography - Name Index - Subject Index

Reviews of volumes: 'The Soviet Economy in Turmoil will be read avidly by all specialists on the Soviet economy; it should also be consulted by anyone with an interest in the history of the 20th century.' - Alistair McAuley, Economic Journal 'Future generations of university students may well follow courses on comparative Russian/Soviet perestroika studies from Peter the Great to Gorbachev. If so, they will find in The Soviet Economy in Turmoil an essential text.' - David Dyker, Slavonic and East European Review