| Author | Austin, Richard Cartwright, 1934-
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| Title | Building utopia : erecting Russia's first modern city, 1930 / Richard Cartwright Austin ; [translation from English by Galina Moleva]
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| Published | Kent [Ohio] : Kent State University Press, 2017.
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| Description | 359 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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| ISBN | 9785906698629 |
| ISBN | 5906698620 |
| General Note | Parallel text in English and Russian.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "This is the first Russian edition of the book about the involvement if specialists from the American company Austin in the construction of Gorky Automobile Plant and Socialist City. Readers can learn fascinating details as the firsthand account of one of GAZ original builders, Allan Austin, whose documents and letters were lovingly preserved by his family and used by his son Richard Austin when writing this book. This bilingual edition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of GAZ"--Verso.
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| Contents | 1. The Austin method -- 2. Those Russians are starting fresh -- 3. In a friendly way -- 4. Spirit and ability -- 5. The first communist city in the world -- 6. The first home we have had -- 7. Off the road -- 8. Workers clamoring to get paid -- 9. Every principle seems upset -- 10. To stay here over Christmas -- 11. Work on ice a meter thick or more -- 12. An opportunity given by God -- 13. Here they will fail or triumph -- 14. Fortresses taken by Bolsheviks -- 15. The USSR at the wheel -- 16. Gazelle -- 17. Next. |
| Subjects | Austin Company -- History.
Automobile industry and trade -- Russia (Federation) -- Nizhniĭ Novgorod -- History.
City planning -- Russia (Federation) -- Nizhniĭ Novgorod.
Ford Motor Company -- History.
Gor′kovskiĭ avtomobil′nyĭ zavod -- History.
Nizhniĭ Novgorod (Russia) -- History.
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| Other Authors | Moleva, G. A. (Galina Arkad′evna)
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: HD 9710 R93 N737 2017
CA-1902865: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 67536] |
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