Introduction

Part One. Peasant and Landlord

1. Serfdom: Origins and Development

2. Emancipation

3. Land Hunger and the Agrarian Crisis

4. The Mir

5. The First Agrarian Revolution and Stolypin's Reforms

6. World War I and the Revolution of 1917

Part Two. The Peasant under Communism

7. War Communism

8. The New Economic Policy

9. Decline of the NEP and a New Offensive

10. Collectivization and the Ordeal of the Peasants

11. Collectivized Agriculture in the Prewar Period

12. Collectivized Agriculture and the War

13. Postwar Recovery

Part Three. Collectivized Agriculture under Khrushchev

14. Khrushchev: The Agrarian Leader and Reformer

15. Capital Investment and Land

16. Incentives and Procurements

17. Income and Consumer Goods

18. Mechanization and Electrification

19. Expansion of Production

20. State Farms

21. Administrative Control and Planning

Summary and Outlook

Note on Abbreviations

Notes

Index