Inventing a Soviet countryside state p ower and the transformation of rural Russia, 1917-1929 - Heinzen, James W.; American Council of Learned Societies (Pittsburg, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004)
Introduction. A false start : the birth and early activities of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, 1917- 1920 -- A struggle for iden tity : the uncertain transition to the New Economic Policy, 1921-1923 - - "Too many comrades misunderstand the countryside" : a commissariat co mes of age, 1923-1926 -- Socialism in one countryside : architects of a new rural Russia, 1923-1926 -- Professional identity and the vision of the modern Soviet countryside : local agricultural specialists, 1927-1 929 -- Better red than bread? : purge, collectivization, and the defeat of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, 1927-1929.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-290) and index.
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Keywords: Russia (Federation).; Agriculture and state -- Soviet Union -- History; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Soviet Union -- History; Rural development -- Soviet Union; Peasantry -- Soviet Union -- History; Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1917-1928.