| Titre | Professional identity and the vision of the modern Soviet countryside [Local agricultural specialists at the end of the NEP, 1928-1929] | |
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| Auteur | James W. Heinzen | |
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Revue | Cahiers du monde russe |
| Numéro | volume 39, no 1-2, janvier-juin 1998 Les années 30 - Nouvelles directions de recherche | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 9-25 | |
| Résumé anglais |
James W. Heinzen, Professional identity and the vision of the modern Soviet countryside: Local agricultural specialists at the end of the NEP, 1928-1929. This article discusses the position of rural agricultural and land specialists on the eve of the forced collectivization of the peasantry, before the violent and disorganizing nature of the drive was apparent. The study focuses on a group of specialists who have been neglected in the literature, yet who comprised one of the most important links between the Soviet regime and the peasantry during the period of the New Economic Policy. Very few were communists, and many were holdovers from tsarist land administration. The article uses archival and published materials to show that local agricultural and land specialists resented the fact that they were treated poorly relative to their peers in industry. Local specialists were also dissatisfied with their treatment by local Communist Party and soviet officials. Further, party officials appealed to these specialists at the end of the decade by explicitly appealing to their wounded professional identities. Many specialists saw in plans to modernize and urbanize rural Russia a chance vastly to improve their status and working conditions, while simultaneously carrying out their vision of a rationally organized countryside. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_1252-6576_1998_num_39_1_2511 |
