Engineer of revolutionary Russia : Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways / Anthony Heywood
2011, 1st edition. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate. Fine cloth title-blocked copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #397355
Physical description; xxx, 400 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The making of a Russian engineer -- Childhood -- An exclusive education -- First steps in railway engineering -- The science of locomotive testing -- "Scientific road experiments" -- Towards a professorship -- Engineering professor -- The battle for curricular reform -- Research : vision and realities -- The values of consulting -- The Russian Revolution of 1905 -- Liberalism and socialism -- Socialism, terrorism, and the future -- Applications of science on the Russian railways, 1908-1914 -- Management -- Research -- War and revolution, 1914-1917 -- Russia's railways at war -- The February Revolution -- America and the Bolshevik Revolution -- America -- Reactions to the October Revolution -- Across the Rubicon to Soviet Russia -- Building the new Russia -- A return to power? -- Soviet trade plenipotentiary -- The diesel revolution -- Russia and the technical challenges of dieselization -- Lomonosov and Soviet diesel traction -- Defeat -- "A free Soviet citizen abroad" -- A "non-returner"? -- Employment and domicile, 1927-1937 -- Retirement and remembrance. Subjects; Lomonosov, I U . (I U ri ) 1876-1952. Lomonosov, I U . (I U ri ) 1876-1952 Political and social views. Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava. 1905-1921. Railroad engineers Soviet Union ; Biography. Railroads Soviet Union History. Engineering Soviet Union History. Science Soviet Union History. Technology Soviet Union History. Transportation Soviet Union History. Ingénieurs ferroviaires URSS ; Biographies. Ingénierie URSS Histoire. Sciences URSS Histoire. Technologie URSS Histoire. Engineering. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political and social views. Railroad engineers. Railroads. Science. Technology. Transportation. Railroad engineers Russia ; Biography. Engineering and state Soviet Union. Russia History Nicholas II, 1894-1917 ; Biography. Russia History Revolution, 1905-1907 Influence. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Influence. Russia History Revolution, 1905-1907 Influence. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Influence. Soviet Union. Russia.
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