Communist agriculture : farming in the Far East and Cuba / edited by Karl-Eugen Wadekin.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Wadekin K E Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Wädekin, Karl Eugen.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Soviet and East European Agricultural Affairs (8th : 1988 : University of California, Berkeley)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and agriculture--Case studies--Congresses.

Communism and agriculture.

Agriculture and state--East Asia--Case studies--Congresses.

Agriculture and state.

Agriculture and state--Cuba--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating comparative study of how the agricultural experience of the Soviet Bloc has shaped and sometimes hindered development in the rest of the communist world, this book examines the agrarian policies of China, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Cuba, and provides an account of agricultural development in socialist economies which focuses on both the historical and contemporary aspects of this development.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Agrarian policies in China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Cuba; The Chinese model and the future of rural-urban development; Socialist agriculture outside Europe: new ways in Mongolian agriculture?; Cuba: a unique variant of Soviet-type agriculture; Vietnamese agriculture: changing property rights in a mature collectivized agriculture

Notes:

Selected papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Soviet and East European Agricultural Affairs, held in Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 8-10, 1987.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-134-96533-8

1-134-96534-6

1-280-32614-X

0-585-46016-7

0-203-16911-5

9780203169117

OCLC:

57086633