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The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia: The Socialist Offensive - The Collectivization of Soviet Agriculture Vol 1
R.W. Davies
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Hardcover. By the summer of 1929 Soviet industrialisation was under way, but agriculture was in a crisis: in 1928 and 1929 grain to feed the towns was wrested from the peasants by force. In the autumn of 1929 the Soviet Politburo, led by Stalin, launched its effort to win the battle for agriculture. This book tells the story of these events. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 802.
By the summer of 1929 Soviet industrialisation was well under way, but agriculture was in a profound crisis: in 1928 and 1929 grain to feed the towns was wrested from the peasants by force, and the twenty-five million individual peasant households lost the stimulus to extend or even to maintain their production. In the autumn of 1929 the Soviet Politburo, led by Stalin, launched its desperate effort to win the battle for agriculture by forcible collectivisation and by large-scale mechanisation. Simultaneously hundreds of thousands of kulaks (richer peasants) and recalcitrant peasants were expelled from their villages. This book tells the ... Read more
By the summer of 1929 Soviet industrialisation was well under way, but agriculture was in a profound crisis: in 1928 and 1929 grain to feed the towns was wrested from the peasants by force, and the twenty-five million individual peasant households lost the stimulus to extend or even to maintain their production. In the autumn of 1929 the Soviet Politburo, led by Stalin, launched its desperate effort to win the battle for agriculture by forcible collectivisation and by large-scale mechanisation. Simultaneously hundreds of thousands of kulaks (richer peasants) and recalcitrant peasants were expelled from their villages. This book tells the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan London
Number of pages
514
Condition
New
Number of Pages
491
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333261712
SKU
V9780333261712
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About R.W. Davies
R. W. DAVIES is Professor of Soviet Economic Studies in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies of the University of Birmingham. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham and subsequently held a research post at the University of Glasgow. In the course of his research on Soviet industrialisation he has paid five visits to the Soviet ... Read more
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