Jasny, Naum, 1883-1967
Variant namesNaum Jasny (1883-1967) was an economist who specialized in Soviet Russia. Jasny emigrated to Germany during the Russian Revolution then, during the Nazi years, left Germany for the United States. He was the author of several books on aspects of Soviet agriculture and economics, which were controversial at the time as they contradicted widely held views. He also published his autobiography, To Live Long Enough: The Memoirs of Naum Jasny .
[Biographical sketch adapted from "The Failure of the American Sovietological Economics Profession" by John Howard Wilhelm, Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan., 2003), pp. 59-74.]
From the guide to the Naum Jasny Papers, before 1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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| creatorOf | Naum Jasny Papers, before 1969 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Boris Souvarine papers, 1915-1984 (inclusive), 1940-1984 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949. | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 | Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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| associatedWith | Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Souvarine, Boris. | person |
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Person
Birth 1883-01-25
Death 1967-04-12
Male
Russians
English
