"Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." Ronald Grigor Suny

"A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life a type of book of which there have been far too few." William Henry Chamberlin, New York Times, 1943

..". a rich portrait of daily life under Stalin." New York Times Book Review

General readers, students, and specialists alike will find much of relevance for understanding today s Soviet Union in this new edition...

Topics covered include the nature of the contemporary state, global economic power, world systems, business governance, professional power, social movements, and...

Examining the question of whether there is still a ruling class in Britain, John Scott presents an account of the historical development of the British upper class, the development of industrial and financial dynasties, town and country society as well as of London and the political world....