The Red and the Green: The Rise and Fall of Collectivized Agriculture in Marxist Regimes

Frederic L. Pryor

Published by Princeton University Press 1992

The Red and the Green

The Rise and Fall of Collectivized Agriculture in Marxist Regimes

Frederic L. Pryor

Volume 205 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400862795

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Reorganizing the agricultural sector into large-scale state and collective farms was the most radical transformation of economic institutions implemented by Marxist governments. Frederic Pryor provides perspective on this unique experiment by comparing in a systematic and original fashion the changes in the organization of agriculture in all of the world's Marxist nations. This approach allows not only a clearer understanding of the major lines of agricultural policy and organization in these nations but also a keener insight into the reasons underlying the variations among them. What have been the doctrinal elements that have led to collectivization? Why has the process of collectivization been so different in various nations? How have the farms been organized, both internally and within the larger economy? How has the performance of agriculture differed between the various Marxist nations and comparable capitalist nations? And what are the difficulties in reversing collectivization and moving back toward private agriculture? In answering these questions, The Red and the Green draws on a vast number of primary and secondary sources from many nations, as well as from extensive interviews with farmers, agricultural officials, and specialists in more than a dozen Marxist nations. Among books dealing with problems of communist economy, this study is unrivaled in its broad scope, combined with careful institutional and statistical analysis.

Originally published in 1992.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Maps, Tables, and Diagrams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
PART I: Introduction
Chapter 1. An Overview of the Major Problems and Themes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. The Marxist Theory of Agricultural Development and Collectivization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
PART II: Land Reforms and Collectivization
Chapter 3. Agrarian Reforms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 4. The Establishment of State and Collective Farms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
PART III: Structural Elements
Chapter 5. Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Agriculture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 6. The Internal Organization of the Farms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
PART IV: Policies and Performance
Chapter 7. Selected Agricultural Policies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Chapter 8. Agricultural Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
PART V: Reforms and the Future
Chapter 9. When Is Collectivization Reversible? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Chapter 10. Reforms of Agriculture: Sectoral Issues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
Chapter 11. Some Broad Issues of Agricultural Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Appendixes
RESEARCH NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
STATISTICAL NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	531
Country and Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	539

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