Author: Eugene T. OlsonPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Meat Production in the Soviet Union
Author: Eugene T. OlsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931–1933
Author: R. DaviesPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230273971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
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.
Farm to Factory
Author: Robert C. AllenPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691144311
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
To say that history's greatest economic experiment--Soviet communism--was also its greatest economic failure is to say what many consider obvious. Here, in a startling reinterpretation, Robert Allen argues that the USSR was one of the most successful developing economies of the twentieth century. He reaches this provocative conclusion by recalculating national consumption and using economic, demographic, and computer simulation models to address the "what if" questions central to Soviet history. Moreover, by comparing Soviet performance not only with advanced but with less developed countries, he provides a meaningful context for its evaluation. Although the Russian economy began to develop in the late nineteenth century based on wheat exports, modern economic growth proved elusive. But growth was rapid from 1928 to the 1970s--due to successful Five Year Plans. Notwithstanding the horrors of Stalinism, the building of heavy industry accelerated growth during the 1930s and raised living standards, especially for the many peasants who moved to cities. A sudden drop in fertility due to the education of women and their employment outside the home also facilitated growth. While highlighting the previously underemphasized achievements of Soviet planning, Farm to Factory also shows, through methodical analysis set in fluid prose, that Stalin's worst excesses--such as the bloody collectivization of agriculture--did little to spur growth. Economic development stagnated after 1970, as vital resources were diverted to the military and as a Soviet leadership lacking in original thought pursued wasteful investments.
USSR, Measures of Economic Growth and Development, 1950-80
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Category : Gross national product
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Soviet Economy in a Time of Change
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic CommitteePublisher:
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Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Soviet and East European Agriculture
Author: Jerzy F. KarczPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520314794
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.
Soviet Economy in a Time of Change
Author: Russia’s Role in the Contemporary International Agri-Food Trade System
Author: Stephen K. WegrenPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030774511
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This Open Access book analyses the emergence of Russia as a global food power and what it means for global food trade. Russia's strategy for food production and trade has changed significantly since the end of the Soviet period, and this is the first book to take account of Russia's rise as a food power and the global implications of that rise. It includes food trade policy and practice, and developments in regional food trade. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in agricultural economics, international trade, and international food trade.
Food and Conflict in Europe in the Age of the Two World Wars
Author: Frank TrentmannPublisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This volume examines conflicts over food and their implications for European societies in the first half of the Twentieth century. Food shortages and famines, fears of deprivation, and food regulations and controls were a shared European experience in this period. Conflicts over food, however, developed differently in different regions, under different regimes, and within different social groups. These developments had stark consequences for social solidarity and physical survival. Ranging across Europe, from Scandinavia and Britain to Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union, this volume explores the political, economic and cultural dynamics that shaped conflicts over food and their legacies.
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