MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
03957nam a2200385 a 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
ebr10224508 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
CaPaEBR |
006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS |
fixed length control field |
m u |
007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
cr cn||||||||| |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
070813s2007 dcua sb 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
Canceled/invalid LC control number |
2007033505 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780815731146 (cloth : alk. paper) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Canceled/invalid ISBN |
0815731140 (cloth : alk. paper) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
CaPaEBR |
Transcribing agency |
CaPaEBR |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)614497840 |
041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
Language code of original |
rus |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
e-ru--- |
-- |
e-ur--- |
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
DK510.763 |
Item number |
.G34913 2007eb |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
947.085 |
Edition number |
22 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Ga�idar, E. T. |
Fuller form of name |
(Egor Timurovich) |
240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
Uniform title |
<a href="Gibel� imperii.">Gibel� imperii.</a> |
Language of a work |
English |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Collapse of an empire |
Medium |
[electronic resource] : |
Remainder of title |
lessons for modern Russia / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Yegor Gaidar ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Washington, D.C. : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Brookings Institution Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2007. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xviii, 332 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-314) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"Uses world history, the Soviet experience, and economic analysis to demonstrate why Russian nostalgia for empire could lead to repeating past strategies that result in instability, leaving Russia vulnerable to economic downturns"--Provided by publisher. |
533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE |
Type of reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. |
Place of reproduction |
Palo Alto, Calif. : |
Agency responsible for reproduction |
ebrary, |
Date of reproduction |
2013. |
Note about reproduction |
Available via World Wide Web. |
-- |
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Authoritarianism |
Geographic subdivision |
Russia (Federation) |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Russia (Federation) |
General subdivision |
Politics and government |
Chronological subdivision |
1991- |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Soviet Union |
General subdivision |
Politics and government |
Chronological subdivision |
1985-1991. |
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
Genre/form data or focus term |
Electronic books. |
Source of term |
local |
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
ebrary, Inc. |
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10224508">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/welingkar/Doc?id=10224508</a> |
Public note |
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |