Russian Corporate Capitalism from Peter the Great to Perestroika

by Thomas C. Owen

Book Overview

From the three perspectives of geography, economic policy, and ideology, this work examines corporate capitalism under the tsarist and late Soviet regimes. Thomas C. Owen discovers a remarkable history of thwarted effort and lost opportunity. He explores the impact of bureaucratic restrictions and reveals the entrepreneurial capabilities of Russia's corporate founders from various social groups as well as the prominence of Poles, Germans, Jews, Armenians,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195096770
• ISBN13: 9780195096774
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"