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Peasants under siege : the collectivization of Romanian agriculture, 1949-1962 /
In 1949, Romania's fledgling communist regime unleashed a radical and brutal campaign to collectivize agriculture in this largely agrarian country, following the Soviet model. Peasants under Siege provides the first comprehensive look at the far-reaching social engineering process that ensued....
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In 1949, Romania's fledgling communist regime unleashed a radical and brutal campaign to collectivize agriculture in this largely agrarian country, following the Soviet model. Peasants under Siege provides the first comprehensive look at the far-reaching social engineering process that ensued. Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery examine how collectivization assaulted the very foundations of rural life, transforming village communities that were organized around kinship and status hierarchies into segments of large bureaucratic organizations, forged by the language of "class warfare" yet saturat |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 508 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-497) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400840434 1400840430 9786613163868 6613163864 |
| Access: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |