Forced Labour And Economic Development: An Enquiry Into The Experience Of Soviet Industrialization
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Few chapters in modern history are as harrowing and economically consequential as the Soviet Union's systematic exploitation of forced labour — a machinery of human suffering that S. Swianiewicz dissects with unflinching scholarly precision in this landmark study. Drawing on firsthand experience as a survivor of the Soviet Gulag system, Swianiewicz presents a rigorous economic analysis of how the USSR harnessed coerced labour as a central instrument of its industrialisation drive, detailing the mechanisms, scale, and productivity of the camp system during the Stalinist era. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, this work occupies a singular position at the intersection of economic history and political testimony. Swianiewicz argues with authority that forced labour was not merely a tool of political repression but a deliberate and calculated component of Soviet economic planning — a thesis that challenges conventional assessments of Stalinist growth. Written with the measured authority of both an economist and a witness, the book leaves the reader confronting a deeply unsettling question: at what human cost was Soviet industrialisation truly achieved?
Author: S. Swianiewicz
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Oxford University Press
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few chapters in modern history are as harrowing and economically consequential as the Soviet Union's systematic exploitation of forced labour — a machinery of human suffering that S. Swianiewicz dissects with unflinching scholarly precision in this landmark study. Drawing on firsthand experience as a survivor of the Soviet Gulag system, Swianiewicz presents a rigorous economic analysis of how the USSR harnessed coerced labour as a central instrument of its industrialisation drive, detailing the mechanisms, scale, and productivity of the camp system during the Stalinist era. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, this work occupies a singular position at the intersection of economic history and political testimony. Swianiewicz argues with authority that forced labour was not merely a tool of political repression but a deliberate and calculated component of Soviet economic planning — a thesis that challenges conventional assessments of Stalinist growth. Written with the measured authority of both an economist and a witness, the book leaves the reader confronting a deeply unsettling question: at what human cost was Soviet industrialisation truly achieved?