Hessler, Julie: A Social History of Soviet Trade: Trade Policy, Retail Practices, and Consumption, 1917-1953.(Book Review)
History: Review of New Books, June, 2004 by Mathur, Nameeta
Hessler, Julie A Social History of Soviet Trade: Trade Policy, Retail Practices, and Consumption, 1917-1953 Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press 384 pp., $39.50, ISBN 0-691-11492-7 Publication Date: April 2004
Julie Hessler's A Social History of Soviet Trade is a monumental study of the Soviet trade system from 1917 to 1953 that examines how socialist retail policies demonized private trade but never eradicated petty vending and other non-socialist consumption habits and trends. Given the scarcity of consumer goods, the author, an associate professor of history, details how citizens underscored the centrality of market vending to the retail structure. Although it is common knowledge that periods of crisis emphasized planned allocations of goods that...
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