Publication

2014 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780300200690
  • ISBN-100300200692
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014942184
  • OCLC Control Number875644440
  • Better World Books9780300200690
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHD1993
  • LCCS471.S68 S65 2014
  • LCCS471.S65 S65 2014
and 1 more
  • LCCS469.S65 S65 2014

Description

This title investigates the gap between the plans and the reality of the Soviet Union's mid-twentieth-century project to industrialise and modernise its agricultural system. Historians agree that the project failed badly: agriculture was inefficient, unpredictable, and environmentally devastating for the entire Soviet period. Yet assigning the blame exclusively to Soviet planners would be off the mark. The real story is much more complicated and interesting, Jenny Leigh Smith reveals in this deeply researched book.

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  • Works in ProgressYale University Press2014

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