Communist Agriculture: Farming in the Far East and Cuba

by Karl-Eugen Wädekin (Editor)

Overview

A fascinating comparative study of how the agricultural experience of the Soviet Bloc has shaped and sometimes hindered development in the rest of the communist world, this book examines the agrarian policies of China, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Cuba, and provides an account of agricultural development in socialist economies which focuses on both the historical and contemporary aspects of this development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134965335
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/14/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Karl-Eugen Wädekin

Table of Contents

1. Agrarian Policies in China, Vietnam, Mongolia and Cuba Karl-Eugen Wädekin 2. The Chinese Model and the Future of Rural-Urban Development Claude Aubert 3. Socialist Agriculture Outside Europe: New Ways in Mongolian Agriculture Guenter Jaehne, Justus Liegig University, Giessen 4. Cuba: A Unique Variant of Soviet-Type Agriculture Peter Gey 5. Vietnamese Agriculture: Changing Property Rights in a Mature Collectivised Agriculture Adam Fforde, QEH, Oxford University