Title The best sons of the fatherland : workers in the vanguard of Soviet collectivization / Lynne Viola

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) Contents Workers to the countryside: from revolution to revolution -- The recruitment of the 25,000ers -- Setting the campaign in motion -- The drive to collectivize Soviet agriculture: winter 1930 -- The 25,000ers and the cadres of collectivization: the offensive on rural officialdom -- The 25,000ers at work on the collective farms -- The denouement of the campaign Summary In this ground-breaking study Lynne Viola--the first Western scholar to gain access to the Soviet state archives on collectivization--brilliantly examines a lost chapter in the history of the Stalin revolution. Looking in detail at the backgrounds, motivations, and mentalities of the 25,000ers, Viola embarks on the first Western investigation of the everyday activities of Stalin's rank-and-file shock troops, the "leading cadres" of socialist construction. In the process, Viola sheds new light on how the state mobilized working-class support for collectivization and reveals that, cont Analysis Soviet Union Agricultural industries Collectivisation, 1929-1931 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Collectivization of agriculture -- Soviet Union -- History Collective farms -- Soviet Union -- Officials and employees Working class -- Soviet Union BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History. Collective farms -- Officials and employees Collectivization of agriculture Economic policy Working class Kollektivierung Kader Facharbeiter Collectivisatie. Agrarische hervormingen. SUBJECT Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1928-1932. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125734 Subject Soviet Union Sowjetunion Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780198021179 0198021178 1280533269 9781280533266 9786610533268 6610533261 0195345363 9780195345360

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