The American Tractor Comes to Soviet Agriculture
The Transfer of a Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5128086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dana G Dalrymple (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191 |
| Publication date | 1964-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3101161 |
| OpenAlex | W2063389856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
SELDOM HAS A MAJOR agricultural technology been adopted so quickly and on such a vast scale as was the tractor in Soviet Russia. In the course of ten years the tractor changed from a curiosity to a standard unit of power; in 1924 there were only about 1,000 tractors in operation, by 1934 the number had increased to over 200,000. This growth was all the more remarkable because it took place in a rural economy which had, from a technological point of view, changed little from the Middle Ages. The increase in tractor numbers paralleled an even more striking change in social and economic structure-the collectivization of agriculture. It appears that the introduction of the tractor hastened the collectivization process; in fact, it became intertwined with profound changes in Soviet governmental organization. This technology, however, did not spring from the Russian soil; it came almost entirely from the United States. Through the mid-thirties, most of the tractors in the Soviet Union were of American manufac
Agricultural economics · Agricultural engineering · Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Economics · Geography · International trade · Operating system · Technology transfer · Tractor · Transfer (computing) · Automotive Engineering · Computer Science · Engineering · Soviet and Russian History
La infraestructura y la logística en la historia económica
The American Connection
Presentation of Russian and Soviet Past
The Soviet famine of 1932–1934
The Great Break 1927–28 and knowledge management for a modern sewer system in Petrograd/Leningrad (1918–1928)
The Stalingrad tractor plant in early Soviet planning
Who collaborates with the Soviets? Financial distress and technology transfer during the Great Depression
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1964 - 2025 (62) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |