Soviet agricultural and peasant affairs / edited by Roy D. Laird
1963, First Edition. Lawrence : University of Kansas Press. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards stained. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinges starting. Item #390895
Physical description: xi, 335 pages illustrations, map 24 cm. Notes: Conference conceived and organized by Roy D. Laird, Dept. of Political Science, University of Kansas. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 303-327).
Contents: Part I. The political-economic setting -- Soviet agriculture in the light of history / Donald W. Treadgold -- Agricultural administration under Khrushchev / Howard R. Swearer -- Incentives for peasants and administrators / Alec Nove -- Part II. The socio-economic setting and the problem of statistics -- Current characteristics and problems of the Soviet rural population / Demitri B. Shimkin -- Soviet statistics of agricultural output / Arcadius Kahan -- Part III. The physical potential -- The Soviet approach to the good earth : myth and reality / W.A. Douglas Jackson -- Agronomic problems of southeastern Europe / Earl R. Leng -- Schemes for the amelioration of soil and climate in the USSR / Paul E. Lydolph -- Part IV: Agricultural policies applied -- Low- and high-yielding crops in the USSR / Naum Jasny -- Epologue -- The politics of Soviet agriculture / Roy D. Laird. Subjects: Agriculture Economic aspects Soviet Union.
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