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Rural History of Soviet Central Asia: Land Reform and Agricultural Change in Early Soviet Uzbekistan /
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In the mid-1920s, Uzbekistan's countryside experienced a 'land reform', which aimed at solving rural poverty and satisfying radical fringes among peasants and Party, while sustaining agricultural output, especially for cotton. This book analyses the decision-making process underpinning the reform, its implementation, and economic and social effects. The reform must be understood against the background of the wreckage caused by war and revolution, and linked to subsequent policies of 'land organisation' and regime-sponsored 'class struggle'. Overall, this is the first comprehensive account of early Soviet policy in Central Asia's agricultural heartland, encompassing land rights, irrigation, credit, resettlement, and the co-operative system.
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1 online resource (650 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004714250
Women's Struggle : A History of the All India Women's Conference 1927-2016 (Third Edition) /
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The All India Women's Conference completed ninety years in 2017. The first edition of this book was brought out in 1990 when it had completed sixty years. The volume was widely appreciated as little work had been done on the history of women's organizations and their contribution to women's development. A second edition was published when AIWC celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in 2002-3. These editions were cited in numerous books and articles in journals of women's history in India and abroad. This third edition carries the story of AIWC forward for little over a decade from 2002-3 onwards. Founded in 1927 in Poona, AIWC's main goal initially was promoting women's education. But it soon took up issues of social legislation and social reform. There has been continuity and change in the activities and programmes of AIWC. In the last decade, it has taken up new programmes such as adoption of villages and empowerment of rural women, formation of self help groups, encouraging skill training and vocational courses, starting a legal cell, initiating projects in rural sanitation, clean water, and waste management, herbal gardens, disaster management, etc. It has conducted courses in retail marketing. Its library now has a research centre, an excellent archival collection and holds book discussions. In 2010, AIWC set up three trusts for literacy, health and old age and elderly care for the underprivileged and economically weaker sections. AIWC is also actively involved in the issue of climate change. Old programmes have continued and expanded. The working women's hostel at 6 Bhagwan Dass Road continues as does the Bapnu Ghar which provides shelter and counselling to women in distress. Activities in health and family welfare and nonconventional energy also continue. We hope that this edition, like the earlier ones, will be of interest to scholars of history as well as to students of women's studies.
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1 online resource (340 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004751644
Settlement, urbanization, and population /
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"The chapters in this volume have their origin in a colloquium held in Oxford on 10-11 September 2007 as part of the research programme of the Oxford Roman Economy Project (OXREP)"--Introd.
OCLC 751748778 :
xx, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
0199602352
9780199602353
Medicine, Health and Social Welfare in Post-1949 China /
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This volume features sixteen articles translated from the Chinese journal Historical Studies of Contemporary China (Dangdai zhongguo shi yanjiu). It covers a wide range of studies on policies and programs crucial to the health and welfare of the people during the PRC's social transformation. Topics include rural social security, the Five-Guarantee Program, disaster relief, food security, anti-drug campaigns, unity of Chinese and Western medicines, family planning, and senior homecare services. Using archival sources, these studies highlight key issues shaping health and well-being, inviting scholars and policy-makers to engage in discussions on these critical topics.
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1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004737990