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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Origins of the Crisis
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Societal Impact and Official Policies
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The Crisis in Broader Perspective
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"The story of the 1946-47 Soviet famine has largely been ignored by historians and economists and this is the first major account of the event in English by a Western scholar. Nicholas Ganson has meticulously pieced together archival evidence as well as previously published material to describe and analyze the causes and consequences of the famine. A generally illuminating account of a significant aspect of the Soviet experience after World War II." - The Russian Review
"Ganson has filled a glaring void in our understanding of the postwar Soviet famine and, in the process, of various aspects of late Stalinist policies and society. But the book is more than a treatment of the famine. Ganson has provided readers with insights into various related issues that set the broad stage for the famine, ranging from the consequences of wartime destruction of the USSR, to climatic factors, to economic policies and policy choices (Hobsonian choices), to popular behavior . . .Given that the English-language literature on this famine is meager, it will become the standard work." - William J. Chase, Professor, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Book Title: The Soviet Famine of 1946-47 in Global and Historical Perspective
Authors: Nicholas Ganson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230620964
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61333-1Published: 19 May 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62096-4Published: 27 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 218
Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Modern History, European History