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Reluctant Socialists, Rural Entrepreneurs: Class, Culture, And The Polish State - Hardcover

Nagengast, Carole

 
9780367285593: Reluctant Socialists, Rural Entrepreneurs: Class, Culture, And The Polish State
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367285592 ISBN 13: 9780367285593
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

PREDOMINANTLY A RURAL NATION, Poland is most often depicted with urban scenes: steelworkers, trade unions, Communist party members, and Solidarity meetings. In contrast to this industrial vision, Reluctant Socialists, Rural Entrepreneurs views historical and recent changes and their agrarian consequences.During her many years in the Polish countryside, Dr. Nagengast has observed,studied, and worked side by side with farmers and other members of the agrarian class. Here she provides a first-hand perspective on the monumental failures of the Polish version of socialism, which were largely due to decisions that led the nation-state down a distinctly capitalist path to agrarian development. On the basis of her extensive research, Nagengast makes chilling forecasts about the impact of the accelerating development of capitalism on the culture, politics, and economy of Poland.This book will be useful to anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars interested in Eastern European and socialist studies.

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Carole Nagengast

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367285592
ISBN 13 
9780367285593
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
239