Stalin's Peasants

Fitzpatrick's book is the first in Western or Soviet literature to explore the dramatic transformation of peasant life caused by the collectivization of the 1930s. Mass departures, arrests, deportations, exile, famine and show trials left bitter resentment, fear, and suspicion among the peasant populace. The author incorporates a wealth of new research on the individual human experience of collectivization. The book, innovative in approach, promises to be a major contribution to our understanding of life in Stalin's Russia.