The end of the Russian land commune, 1905-1930

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1983. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii, 457 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-447) and index. Contents: Part I. The Historical Evolution of the Modern Commune. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Commune in the Nineteenth Century -- Part II. The First Agrarian Revolution, 1905-1916. 3. The Second Emancipation -- 4. The Agrarian Reform -- 5. Changes in Communal Landholding -- 6. The Rural Economy -- Part II. The Dialectic of Revolution, 1917. 7. Policies of the Provisional Government -- 8. Agrarian Programs of the Political Parties -- 9. The Peasantry in 1917 -- 10. The Redistribution of Land -- Part IV. Communes under War Communism, 1918-21. Part IV. Communes under War Communism, 1918-1921. 11. Organizational Conflict in the Countryside -- 12. Forms of Land Tenure -- 13. The Limits of Economic Elasticity -- Part V. Old Economic Policy and New Social Policy, 1921-1929. 14. Communes under NEP -- 15. Agrarian Dynamics -- 16. The Great Debates of the 1920s -- 17. Dual Power in the Countryside -- 18. The Grain Crisis and the Economic Plan -- 19. The Commune and Collectivization -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Communal Tenure and Population Growth in European Russia, 1861-1914. Subjects:Collective farms Soviet Union History; State farms Soviet Union History; Agriculture and state Soviet Union History; State farms Russia History 20th century; Agriculture and state history 20th century; History of Europe; Agriculture and state: Collective farms; Agriculture and state Soviet Union; Collective farms Soviet Union History 20th century; Land reform.Land reform England; Land settlement Third World; Land settlement Developing countries.