The collectivization of agriculture in communist Eastern Europe : comparison and entanglements / edited by Constantin Iordachi and Arnd Bauerkamper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iordachi, Constantin, editor.

Bauerkämper, Arnd, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collectivization of agriculture--Europe, Eastern--History.

Collectivization of agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (570 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary : Central European University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the interrelated campaigns of agricultural collectivization in the USSR and in the communist dictatorships established in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Despite the profound, long-term societal impact of collectivization, the subject has remained relatively underresearched. The volume combines detailed studies of collectivization in individual Eastern European states with issueoriented comparative perspectives at regional level. Based on novel primarysources, it proposes a reappraisal of the theoretical underpinnings and research agenda of studies on collectivization in Eastern Europe.The contributions provide up-to-date overviews of recent research in the field and promote new approaches to the topic, combining historical comparisons with studies of transnational transfers and entanglements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Maps

List of Tables

Introduction

The Collectivization of Agriculture in Eastern Europe: Entanglements and Transnational Comparisons

I. The Interwar Soviet Model and its Post-1945 Application in the Newly Annexed Territories

Collectivization in the Soviet Union: Specificities and Modalities

The Collectivization of Agriculture in the Baltic Soviet Republics, 1944–1953

II. Land Collectivization in Central Europe

The Collectivization of Agriculture in Poland: Causes of Defeat

Ideology and Asymmetrical Entanglements: Collectivization in the German Democratic Republic

Collectivization in Czechoslovakia in Comparative Perspective, 1949–1960

The Forced Collectivization of Agriculture in Hungary, 1948–1961

III. Land Collectivization in Southeastern Europe

The Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania, 1949–1962

Collectivization in Yugoslavia: Rethinking Regional and National Interests

Collectivization and Social Change in Bulgaria, 1940s–1950s

“Any Other Road Leads Only to the Restoration of Capitalism in the Countryside:” Land Collectivization in Albania

IV. Axes of Differentiation: Center and Periphery, “Class Struggle,” Social and Ethnic Cleavages

Collectivization as Social Practice: Historical Narratives and Competing Memories as Sources of Agency in the Collectivization Campaign in the GDR

The Appropriation and Modification of the “Soviet Model” of Collectivization: The Case of Hungary

Collectivization at the Grass Roots Level: State Planning and Popular Reactions in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and the GDR, 1948–1960

Eastern European Collectivization Campaigns Compared, 1945–1962

V. Appendix

About the Authors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72237-7

615-5225-63-X

963-386-048-2

9781003722373

OCLC:

878149170