The Egalitarian Moment - Asia and Africa, 1950-1980 (Paperback)

General histories of the twentieth century will have much to say about the establishment, spread, maintenance and sudden collapse of Soviet Communism. This book outlines a major feature of twentieth-century world history that arguably affected more people than the rise and fall of Soviet Communism. It is the first to discuss as related developments the many attempts in Asia and Africa in the third quarter of the twentieth century to create egalitarian rural societies (landlord abolition in Egypt, India and Iran; ujamaa in Tanzania; land reform in Indonesia; collectivisation in China, Vietnam and Ethiopia), their failure, and the differentiated rural regimes which, despite landlord abolition, remain there to this day. The case studies include Egypt, India, the three East African countries, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, China, and Vietnam. The book highlights a major and, hitherto, disaggregated aspect of twentieth-century world history.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Wiles Lectures
Release date:	November 1995
First published:	1996
Authors:	D. A. Low
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	148
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-56765-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-521-56765-3
Barcode:	9780521567657

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