The last peasant war : violence and revolution in twentieth-century Eastern Europe / Jakub S. Beneš.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beneš, Jakub S., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasant uprisings--Europe--History--20th century.

Peasant uprisings.

Europe, Eastern--History--1918-1945.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Europe, Eastern--History--1945-.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

x, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

illustrations.

maps.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"The last peasant war reinterprets the 'age of catastrophe' as starting with the vehement reaction, late in the first World War, of central and eastern peasants against the belligerent states and their urban rulers. The 'Great War' that erupted in 1914 put unprecedented strain on the countryside, emptying it of able-bodied men and draft animals while imposing rapacious production quotas to feed armies and cities. Central and eastern European peasants felt the privations most acutely"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Peasant Europe goes to war

Secret armies

Revenge

Peasant republics

The Slovácko Brigade

The Band of Mountain Birds

The apogee of peasantism

Outcast patriots

The Green resistance

Epilogue

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-365) and index.

ISBN:

9780691212531

0691212538

OCLC:

1430415488

Publisher Number:

CIPO000176579