Books by Harley D. Balzer

This book presents data from interviews with Soviet emigres who worked in science and technology prior to their departure from the USSR. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of Soviet science and technology and describes current reforms and evaluating their prospects.

This work describes the emergence of the professions in late tsarist Russia and their struggle for autonomy from the aristocratic state. It also examines the ways in which the Russian professions both resembled and differed from their Western counterparts.