Soviet agricultural and peasant affairs / edited by Roy D. Laird
1964, First UK edition. London: Constable and co. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Cloth spine bands slightly edge-torn. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #390898
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.
Agriculture and state Soviet Union. Agriculture Aspect économique Russie.
Politique agricole Russie.
Agriculture Aspect économique URSS.
Politique agricole URSS.
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture Economic aspects. Agriculture Economic aspects Russia.
Agriculture and state Russia. Agriculture Soviet Union. Peasants Soviet Union. Agriculture Economic aspects Russia.
Agriculture and state Russia. Soviet Union.
Russia.
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