Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustration vii
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part 1: The Early Years to 1928
7. 1. Background of the Russian Technostructure: From the Tsarist Era to 1918 19
8. 2. The Soviet Technostructure, 1918-1928 44
9. Part 2: The Old Specialists and the Power Structure, 1928-1931
10. 3. The Shakhty Affair 69
11. 4. The Industrial Party Affair 95
12. 5. The Aftermath of the Shakhty and Industrial Party Trials 122
13. 6. Old Specialists and New Patrons: The End of Terror 141
14. Part 3. The New Specialists: Recruitment and Education, 1928-1941
15. 7. Cultural Revolution and the Creation of a New Technical Intelligentsia, 1928-1933 159
16. 8. Recruitment of the New Technostructure: Class, Sex, and Ethnic Origins, 1928-1941 188
17. 9. The Educational Experience: Quantity and Quality, 1928-1941 216
18. 10. The Educational Experience: Student Life and Attitudes, 1928-1941 244
19. Part 4. The Technical Intelligentsia at Work, 1928-1941
20. 11. The Production Specialist and the Politics of Planning 265
21. 12. The Flight from Production: Causes and Consequences 297
22. 13. Research and Development: The Barriers to Innovation 337
23. 14. Technology and Legitimacy: Soviet Aviation and Stalinism in the 1930s 381
24. Conclusions 407
25. Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 427
26. Appendix 431
27. Selected Bibliography 443
28. Index 459
29. Studies of the Russian Institute 471