Stalinism in a Russian Province: A Study of Collectivization and Dekulakization in Siberia (Studies in Russian and East European History and Society)

A re-examination of Stalin's agrarian policy begun in 1929, drawing on previously unavailable documents to reveal the relationship between Moscow and the key grain producing province of Siberia. Looks at the causes and processes involved in the political, economic, and social changes of the period, profiling the various responses of different peasant groups to collectivization and dekulakization, and argues that the process was characterized by social conflict between peasants rather than between state and peasant. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.