Works in Progress: Plans and Realities on Soviet Farms, 1930-1963 - Rilegato

Smith, Jenny Leigh

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ISBN 10: 0300200692 ISBN 13: 9780300200690

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

This book is the first to investigate the gap between the plans and the reality of the Soviet Union’s mid-twentieth-century project to industrialize and modernize 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. Using case studies from five Soviet regions, she acknowledges hubris and shortsightedness where it occurred but also gives fair consideration to the difficulties encountered and the successeshowever modestthat were achieved.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jenny Leigh Smith is assistant professor of history in the School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology. She lives in Atlanta, GA.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0300200692
• ISBN 13: 9780300200690
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272