The Harvest of Sorrow Tapa dura - 1986

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: The University Of Alberta Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Minor Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Between 1929 And 1932 The Soviet Communist Party Struck A Double Blow At The Peasantry Of The Dekulakisation, The Dispossession And Deportation Of Millions Of Peasant Families; And Collectivisation, The Effective Abolition Of Private Property In Land And The Concentration Of The Remaining Peasantry In 'Collective' Farms Under Party Control. There Followed A 'Terror-Famine', Inflicted On The Collectivised Peasants Of The Ukraine And Certain Other Regions By The State, Which Set Impossibly High Quotas, Removed Every Other Source Of Food, And Prevented Outside Help - Even From Other Areas Of The Ussr - From Reaching The Starving Millions. Epic In Scope And Rich In Detail, The Harvest Of Sorrow Tells The Moving Story Of A Disaster That Was, In Human Terms, One Of The… Leer más