Mendeleev and the Economics of Russian Protectionism

D.I. Mendeleev (1834-1907) is known and respected internationally as the inventor of the periodic table of elements and as a pioneer in the understanding of the nature of chemical periodicity, but what is far less recognised is that he was also a major economist and policy-maker. This scholarly volume offers the first full-length study of Mendeleev's economic thought, and of the relationship between this and his work on theoretical chemistry.