Stalin, Siberia and the Crisis of the New Economic Policy

by James Hughes

Book Overview

This book makes an important contribution to the current re-evaluation of the origins of Stalinism. Hitherto, Western scholars have focused on leading personalities to analyze the crisis of the New Economic Policy. Dr. James Hughes, however, examines the processes at work under the NEP from the regional perspective of Siberia. He looks at party-peasant relations, the kulak question, Stalin's patron-client network in the provinces, the regional impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521545692
• ISBN13: 9780521545693
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"