Karcz Jerzy (37 results)

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Contributions from scholars meeting in 1965 in California. Topics include: Khruschchev policies; crop rotation; role of women; Yugoslav peasant attitudes, etc. -- Hardcover, ex-library copy with spine label, stamps. Condition: good-only (library flaws as noted; corners worn). Binding is tight and pages clear.…

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gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 445 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 820.…

Pamphlet. pp130-161, stapled wraps, 6x9.25 inches, spine and top edge of front wrap sunned else very good condition. Reprinted from Soviet Studies, Vol. XVII No. 2, October 1965. Slavic and East European Series Reprint No. 200.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Slight discoloration to pages. DJ is covered with Mylar sheet. Minor wear along the DJ edges and tips. Slight wear along the edges of the book itself. Tips are slightly bent.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Santa Monica -Rand Corp.- 1957/, pp. 504. Mimeo: Rand Project, Astia Doc. #AD 13303 July 2 1954.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 445p. Previous owner's name penned underneath jacket flap. Stains present on edge of text-block, as pictured. Contents are otherwise unmarked on bright pages. Black cloth boards are pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Grey dust wrapper is stained on rear panel, price is clipped, spine is sunned. Untorn and intact otherwise. Minor soling on half-title. Assumed first edition, no other dates listed.…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Soviet and East European Agriculture. Book.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 52 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 472 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. In Stock.

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paperback. Condition: New. NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

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Hardback. 470pp, Berkeley 1967. *Horak 25. Very good in very good dust jacket.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Soviet and East European Agriculture, edited by Jerzy F. Karcz, brings together leading scholars to examine the complexities, contradictions, and evolving policies of socialist farming systems during the mid-twentieth century. Originating from the 1965 Conference on Soviet Agricultural and Peasant Affairs, the volume highlights how agriculture-despite massive collectivization and centralized planning-remained both vital and problematic for the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies. Essays analyze the sector's role in supporting industrialization, its chronic inefficiencies, and its persistent inability to meet rising consumer demand. Contributors investigate such themes as Khrushchev's ambitious but inconsistent reforms, the ideological underpinnings of crop rotation policies, and the burdens imposed by rigid administrative control. Particularly striking are discussions of how flawed incentives, arbitrary pricing, and excessive interference undermined productivity, while the private household plot often outperformed the collective farm system. The comparative scope of the collection adds depth, situating Soviet developments alongside those in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. These case studies reveal divergent paths of collectivization, varying balances between state and peasant initiative, and distinct outcomes in output and social organization. Analyses of Yugoslav peasants' skepticism toward agricultural careers, Polish resistance to collectivization, and Czechoslovakia's disappointing productivity underscore how regional variations complicate generalizations about socialist agriculture. Essays also address labor dynamics, including the significant participation of women and the challenges of rural underemployment. Together, the contributions illustrate the broader tensions of command economies: between ideology and pragmatism, central planning and local realities, extraction of surplus and peasant welfare. By combining economic, historical, geographical, and sociological perspectives, the volume provides a critical foundation for understanding the structural weaknesses of socialist agriculture and the uneven reforms that preceded the eventual unraveling of the Soviet bloc. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.…