Description: Further DetailsTitle: Mobilizing Soviet PeasantsCondition: NewSubtitle: Heroines and Heroes of Stalin's FieldsISBN-10: 0742541266EAN: 9780742541269ISBN: 9780742541269Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/18/2006Description: In the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, a number of peasants turned to shock work (working to produce as much as humanly possible) and became local heroines and heroes, serving as role models for the rest of the rural community. In this compelling work, Mary Buckley explores the neglected story of rural shock work and Stakhanovism in the Soviet countryside and analyzes its relevance for Soviet subjects, society, state and propaganda. Why were some peasants keen to become Stakhanovites? Certainly there were rewards_these workers were glorified in ideology and blazoned in the press as role models for others to emulate. However, local conditions were difficult and Stakhanovites often suffered a lack of support, were ridiculed, and endured hostility and violence. Some gave up, but others remained resolute. The reader is introduced to individuals like Mariia Demchenko, a twenty-two-year-old peasant from the Comintern collective farm in Kiev oblast, Ukraine, who urged those working in sugar beet production to step up their pace and to bombard the country with sugar. Mobilizing Soviet Peasants contextualizes Stakhanovism, considering historical context, changing party priorities, propaganda, the press, the nature of farm leaderships, shortages, peasant attitudes, gender, purges, and local organizations. An innovative look at the complexities of rural Stakhanovism, this book probes behind the ideological lines and jubilant cries of the movement's resounding successes into the handling of the movement by political structures from the Politburo and Central Committee party departments all the way down to the local party, procuracy, farm leadership, and families.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 236mmItem Length: 165mmItem Width: 27mmItem Weight: 631gAuthor: Mary BuckleyGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Mobilizing Soviet Peasants
Title: Mobilizing Soviet Peasants
Subtitle: Heroines and Heroes of Stalin's Fields
ISBN-10: 0742541266
EAN: 9780742541269
ISBN: 9780742541269
Release Date: 05/18/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Mobilizing Soviet Peasants : Heroines and Heroes of Stalin's Fields
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Topic: Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Sociology / Rural
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2006
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Author: Mary Buckley
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
