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Red Harvests : Agrarian Capitalism and Genocide in Democratic Kampuchea /
"James Tyner reinterprets the place of agriculture under the Khmer Rouge, positioning it in new ways relative to Marxism, capitalism, and genocide. The Cambodian revolutionaries' agricultural management is widely viewed by critics as irrational and dangerous, and it is invoked as part of w...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Morgantown :
West Virginia University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "James Tyner reinterprets the place of agriculture under the Khmer Rouge, positioning it in new ways relative to Marxism, capitalism, and genocide. The Cambodian revolutionaries' agricultural management is widely viewed by critics as irrational and dangerous, and it is invoked as part of wider efforts to discredit leftist movements. Researching the specific functioning of Cambodia's transition from farms to agriculture within the context of the global economy, Tyner comes to a different conclusion. He finds that analysis of "actually existing political economy"-as opposed to the Marxist identification the Khmer Rouge claimed-points to overlap between Cambodian practice and agrarian capitalism"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (175 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781949199802 |