The revenge of the peasant? The collapse of large-scale Russian agriculture and the role of the peasant 'private plot' in that collapse, 1991-97

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-81

  Kitching, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FARMING SYSTEM; PEASANT AGRICULTURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0032453690     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066159808438694     Document Type: Article

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