
Communism and Hunger
The Ukrainian, Chinese, Kazakh, and Soviet Famines in Comparative Perspective
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (Publisher)
Published on 15. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-894865-47-0 (ISBN)
Description
Leading specialists examine the affinities and differences between the pan-Soviet famine of 1931-1933, the Ukrainian Holodomor, the Kazakh great hunger, and the famine in China in 1959-1961. The first three articles deal with famine within a single state or Soviet republic and the remaining three offer comparative perspectives. With increased access to archives, scholars now have a sense of the dynamics, demographic impact, and consequences of the great political famines of the twentieth century, unleashed by Communist parties endowed with centralized planning mechanisms that they believed they could control and manipulate. In exploring the commonalities and specificities of the massive famines produced by the two largest Communist states, the authors also set forth numerous hypotheses and agendas for future research.
Contributors: Lucien Bianco, Sarah Cameron, Rona Andrea Graziosi, Niccola Pianciola, Nicholas Werth, Zhou Xun
Contributors: Lucien Bianco, Sarah Cameron, Rona Andrea Graziosi, Niccola Pianciola, Nicholas Werth, Zhou Xun
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alberta
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
225 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-894865-47-0 (9781894865470)
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