Many shades of red

Titel: Many shades of red : state policy and collective agriculture / Mieke Meurs
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Veröffentlicht: Lanham ˜[u. œa.] : Rowman & Littlefield, 1999
Umfang: VI, 249 S. : Kt.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
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ISBN: 0847690385 ; 0847690393
Lokale Klassifikation: 31 13 B ; 31 13 L ; 31 13 N
  • Acknowledgments
  • p. vii
  • 1.
  • The Continuing Importance of Collectivization
  • p. 1
  • Why Reexamine Collectivization Now?
  • p. 1
  • Why Collectivization?
  • p. 4
  • The Task of this Book
  • p. 6
  • Brief Overview of the Cases
  • p. 8
  • The Viability of Collective Agriculture: What Lessons Can Be Drawn?
  • p. 18
  • The Waning of Collectivization
  • p. 25
  • Summary
  • p. 28
  • Notes
  • p. 29
  • 2.
  • Russia: Developing, then Crushing, Peasant Farming
  • p. 35
  • The Russian Village before the Revolution
  • p. 36
  • The Revolution and Its Aftermath
  • p. 38
  • The Cooperative Plan in Theory and Practice
  • p. 44
  • The Great Turning Point in Agriculture: 1929
  • p. 62
  • Dekulakification
  • p. 69
  • Organized Starvation
  • p. 73
  • The Completion of Agricultural Collectivization
  • p. 75
  • Conclusion
  • p. 77
  • Notes
  • p. 79
  • 3.
  • Bulgaria: From Cooperative Village to Agro-Industrial Complex, The Rise and Fall of Collective Agriculture
  • p. 87
  • Background to Collectivization
  • p. 89
  • Collectivization of Bulgarian Agriculture: 1944-1958
  • p. 93
  • Second Stage of Collectivization Process: 1959-1967
  • p. 106
  • From Collectives to State Farms: 1968-1989
  • p. 111
  • Conclusion
  • p. 114
  • Notes
  • p. 117
  • 4.
  • Hungary: Cooperative Farms and Household Plots
  • p. 125
  • Agriculture in Hungary before Collectivization
  • p. 126
  • The Collectivization
  • p. 136
  • Adjustments after the Mid-1960s
  • p. 141
  • Success and Failure (1963-1994)
  • p. 145
  • Notes
  • p. 147
  • 5.
  • China: Farming Institutions and Rural Development
  • p. 151
  • Economic Development Strategy and the Role of Agriculture
  • p. 153
  • Rural Institutional Changes and Development Policies
  • p. 157
  • Farming Institutions, Performance, and Income Distribution
  • p. 171
  • Conclusion
  • p. 177
  • Notes
  • p. 179
  • 6.
  • Cuba: Successful Voluntary Collectivization
  • p. 185
  • Cuba's Agrarian Structure Prior to 1959
  • p. 187
  • Cuba's Agrarian Reform
  • p. 193
  • The Beginning of Collectivization: 1977-1980
  • p. 200
  • The Expansion of the Cooperative Movement: 1981-1983
  • p. 203
  • The Period of Reflection: 1984-1987
  • p. 209
  • Persisting Problems of the Cooperative Movement: 1988-1991
  • p. 214
  • Cooperative Development Viewed from Below
  • p. 218
  • Conclusion
  • p. 224
  • Notes
  • p. 226
  • 7.
  • Conclusion: Looking Forward
  • p. 237
  • Some Lessons from History
  • p. 237
  • Looking Forward
  • p. 240
  • Notes
  • p. 244
  • Index
  • p. 247
  • About the Contributors
  • p. 251