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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
R W Davies; S G Wheatcroft |
| ISBN: | 0333311078 9780333311073 |
| OCLC Number: | 52251306 |
| Description: | xvii, 555 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | The Second Collectivisation Drive, 1931 -- The Second Phase of Dekulakisation, 1931 -- The 1931 Grain Harvest -- Grain Collections from the 1931 Harvest -- The 1932 Grain Harvest -- Grain Collections from the 1932 Harvest -- The 1933 Grain Harvest -- Grain Collections from the 1933 Harvest -- Crops Other than Grain -- The Livestock Disaster -- The Sovkhozy -- The Kolkhozy -- The Famine in Perspective. |
| Responsibility: | R.W. Davies and Stephen G. Wheatcroft. |
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'A truly remarkable contribution to research into this important field.' - Robert Conquest, Hoover InstitutionReviews of The Soviet Economy in Turmoil, 1929-1930 (volume 3 of the Industrialisation of Soviet Russia)'Like the first two volumes in this series, this volume is a model of vigorous scholarship. Davies' research is impeccable, and simply unsurpassed in Western Sovietology. The writing is clear and often gripping.' - Lynne Viola, Russian History'If the purpose of understanding the past is to better understand the present, then this book will be important reading for all interested in the Soviet industrialisation process and both its short-term and long-term outcomes. This book is a worthy fourth volume to the Industrialisation of Soviet Russia series. It is surely destined to become the standard work on its subject.' - Robert C. Stuart, American Historical Review'This volume enormously enhances our understanding of Stalin's great breakthrough. Surely this is required reading for all concerned with the Stalin years.' - Hirokai Kuromiya, Russian ReviewReviews of Crisis and Progress in the Soviet Economy, 1931-1933 (volume 4 of the Industrialisation of Soviet Russia)'Davies thus manages to convey not only the substance but also the passion of policymaking, not only the (generally) failing living standards of most soviet citizens but also their strategies for coping when they could cope; and not only the amplitudes of production but also the texture of the time. The complimentary volume on agriculture is eagerly awaited.' - Lewis Siegelbaum, The Russian Review'With his usual calm approach, free of politicising, the author, firmly grounded in his subject, describes in detail all the main aspects of the economic history of the three years in which Soviet society survived another crisis and the foundations were laid for future economic growth.' - Svobodnaya mysl (Moscow)'Robert Davies is unquestionably among the most prolific and distinguished scholars in the field of history and the leading authority on Soviet industrialisation. His multi-volume history of the Soviet economy during the 1930s is not only a mammoth undertaking, but one of great importance to our understanding of Stalinism and Soviet history more generally.' - David L. Hoffmann'...Davies has made another enormous contribution to our understanding of Soviet industrialisation. We eagerly look forward to future volumes in this series.' - David L. Hoffmann, Slavic Review'... anyone who wants to follow in detail the economic and demographic history of the rural transformation of Soviet Russia can do no better than consult this magisterial volume.' - Peter Gatrell, Business History Read more...
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- Collectivization of agriculture -- Soviet Union -- History.
- Collective farms -- Soviet Union -- History.
- Famines -- Soviet Union -- History.
- Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1928-1932.
- Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1933-1937.
- Collective farms.
- Collectivization of agriculture.
- Economic policy.
- Famines.
- Soviet Union.
