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The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931-1933
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The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931-1933 Hardcover - 2003 - 2004th Edition

by R. Davies; S. Wheatcroft


From the publisher

This book examines the Soviet agricultural crisis of 1931-1933 which culminated in the major famine of 1933. It is the first volume in English to make extensive use of Russian and Ukrainian central and local archives to assess the extent and causes of the famine. It reaches new conclusions on how far the famine was 'organized' or 'artificial', and compares it with other Russian and Soviet famines and with major twentieth century famines elsewhere. Against this background, it discusses the emergence of collective farming as an economic and social system.

First line

The precipitate retreat from mass collectivisation in the spring of 1930 temporarily delayed the efforts of the Politburo to incorporate the vast majority of the peasants into collective farms.

Details

  • Title The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931-1933
  • Author R. Davies; S. Wheatcroft
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2004th
  • Edition 2004
  • Pages 555
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, -
  • Date 2003-12-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780333311073 / 0333311078
  • Weight 2.17 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.4 x 1.65 in (23.44 x 16.26 x 4.19 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Cultural Region: Russian
  • Library of Congress subjects Famines - Soviet Union - History, Collectivization of agriculture - Soviet
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003050925
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.109

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Citations

  • Choice, 12/01/2004, Page 717

About the author

R. W. DAVIES is Emeritus Professor of Soviet Economic Studies in the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK, of which he was the foundation director. He has published many books and articles on Soviet history, including Soviet History in the Gorbachev Revolution, Soviet History in the Yeltsin Era, Soviet Economic Development from Lenin to Khrushchev, and four previous volumes in the series The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia. He collaborated with E. H. Carr on vols. 9 and 10 of The History of Soviet Russia. He is an honorary life member of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies. STEPHEN G. WHEATCROFT is Professor in Russian and Soviet History at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he was the First Director of the Centre for Russian and Euroasian Studies. He has written many articles on agriculture and population in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.