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Corn Crusade: Khrushchev's - Hardcover, by Hale-Dorrell Aaron T. - Very Good
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- Book Title
- Corn Crusade: Khrushchev's Farming Revolution in the Post-Stalin
- ISBN
- 9780190644673
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190644672
ISBN-13
9780190644673
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038260299
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Publication Name
Corn Crusade : Khrushchev's Farming Revolution in the Post-Stalin Soviet Union
Language
English
Subject
Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-019524
Reviews
"Where this book breaks new ground is in delving deeply into the archival record for the first time to detail the evolution of rural economic and social relations after collectivization ... Hale-Dorrell is to be applauded for attempting to disentangle the successes of the corn crusade from its failures." -- Christine Varga-Harris, Russian Review "Corn Crusade is based on excellent archival research and provides an inside view of the USSR in Khrushchev's time." -- Nark B. Tauger, SEER, "Corn Crusade is based on excellent archival research and provides an inside view of the USSR in Khrushchev's time." -- Nark B. Tauger, SEER, "An impressive kaleidoscope of Soviet politics and the rural economy following Stalin's death, orn Crusade is an important book which puts researchers in an excellent position to explore these issues further." -- Katja Bruisch, Rezensionen "Where this book breaks new ground is in delving deeply into the archival record for the first time to detail the evolution of rural economic and social relations after collectivization ... Hale-Dorrell is to be applauded for attempting to disentangle the successes of the corn crusade from its failures." -- Christine Varga-Harris, Russian Review "Corn Crusade is based on excellent archival research and provides an inside view of the USSR in Khrushchev's time." -- Nark B. Tauger, SEER, "An impressive kaleidoscope of Soviet politics and the rural economy following Stalin's death, orn Crusade is an important book which puts researchers in an excellent position to explore these issues further." -- Katja Bruisch, Rezensionen"Where this book breaks new ground is in delving deeply into the archival record for the first time to detail the evolution of rural economic and social relations after collectivization ... Hale-Dorrell is to be applauded for attempting to disentangle the successes of the corn crusade from its failures." -- Christine Varga-Harris, Russian Review"Corn Crusade is based on excellent archival research and provides an inside view of the USSR in Khrushchev's time." -- Nark B. Tauger, SEER
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
338.17315094709045
Table Of Content
PrologueAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Scarcely Making Ends Meet2. Industrial Agriculture, the Logic of Corn3. Corn Politics4. Better Living through Corn5. Growing Corn, Raising Citizens6. From Kolkhoznik to Wage Earner7. American Technology, Soviet Practice8. Battles over CornConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
Corn Crusade: Khrushchev's Farming Revolution in the Post-Stalin Soviet Union is the first history of Nikita Khrushchev's venture to cover the Soviet Union in corn, a crop common globally but hitherto rare in his country. Lasting from 1953 until 1964, this crusade was an emblematic component of his efforts to resolve agrarian crises inherited from Joseph Stalin. Using policies and propaganda to pressure farms to expand corn plantings tenfold, Khrushchev expected the resulting bounty to feed not people, but the livestock necessary to produce the meat and dairy products required to make good on his frequent pledges that the Soviet Union was soon to "catch up to and surpass America." This promised to enrich citizens' hitherto monotonous diets and score a victory in the Cold War, which was partly recast as a "peaceful competition" between communism and capitalism.Khrushchev's former comrades derided corn as one of his "harebrained schemes" when ousting him in October 1964. Echoing them, scholars have ridiculed it as an "irrational obsession," blaming the failure on climatic conditions. Corn Crusade brings a more complex and revealing history to light. Borrowing technologies from the United States, Khrushchev expected farms in the Soviet Union to increase productivity because he believed that innovations developed under capitalism promised greater returns under socialism. These technologies generated results in many economic, social, and climatic contexts after World War II but fell short in the Soviet Union. Attempting to make agriculture more productive and ameliorate exploitative labor practices established in the 1930s, Khrushchev achieved only partial reform of rural economic life. Enjoying authority over formal policy, Khrushchev stood atop an undisciplined hierarchy of bureaucracies, local authorities, and farmworkers. Weighing competing incentives, they flouted his authority by doing enough to avoid penalties, but too little to produce even modest harvests of corn, let alone the bumper crops the leader envisioned., Corn Crusade: Khrushchev's Farming Revolution in the Post-Stalin Soviet Union is the first history of Nikita Khrushchev's venture to improve living standards by making the his country a major producer of corn. Lasting from 1953 until 1964, this crusade was an emblematic component of his efforts to resolve agrarian crises inherited from Iosif Stalin., Corn Crusade: Khrushchev's Farming Revolution in the Post-Stalin Soviet Union is the first history of Nikita Khrushchev's venture to cover the Soviet Union in corn, a crop common globally but hitherto rare in his country. Lasting from 1953 until 1964, this crusade was an emblematic component of his efforts to resolve agrarian crises inherited from Joseph Stalin. Using policies and propaganda to pressure farms to expand corn plantings tenfold, Khrushchev expected the resulting bounty to feed not people, but the livestock necessary to produce the meat and dairy products required to make good on his frequent pledges that the Soviet Union was soon to "catch up to and surpass America." This promised to enrich citizens' hitherto monotonous diets and score a victory in the Cold War, which was partly recast as a "peaceful competition" between communism and capitalism. Khrushchev's former comrades derided corn as one of his "harebrained schemes" when ousting him in October 1964. Echoing them, scholars have ridiculed it as an "irrational obsession," blaming the failure on climatic conditions. Corn Crusade brings a more complex and revealing history to light. Borrowing technologies from the United States, Khrushchev expected farms in the Soviet Union to increase productivity because he believed that innovations developed under capitalism promised greater returns under socialism. These technologies generated results in many economic, social, and climatic contexts after World War II but fell short in the Soviet Union. Attempting to make agriculture more productive and ameliorate exploitative labor practices established in the 1930s, Khrushchev achieved only partial reform of rural economic life. Enjoying authority over formal policy, Khrushchev stood atop an undisciplined hierarchy of bureaucracies, local authorities, and farmworkers. Weighing competing incentives, they flouted his authority by doing enough to avoid penalties, but too little to produce even modest harvests of corn, let alone the bumper crops the leader envisioned.
LC Classification Number
HD9049.C8S738 2018
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