Synopses & Reviews
Since the collapse of the USSR there has been a growing interest in the Stolypin Land Reform as a possible model for post-Communist agrarian development. Using recent theoretical and empirical advances in Anglo-American research, Dr Pallot examines how peasants throughout Russia received, interpreted, and acted upon the government's attempts to persuade them to quit the commune and set up independent farms.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Land Reform as Administrative Utopia
Open Fields, Scattered Strips, and Repartitions
Free Riders and Village-Wide Consolidations
The Government in for us, Otrubniki
Everyday Forms of Resistance to the Stolypin Reform
Peasant Modification and Adaptation of the Reform
Farming in the Immediate Post-Enclosure Years
Conclusion