Skip to content
Register Sign in Wishlist
The Egalitarian Moment

The Egalitarian Moment
Asia and Africa, 1950–1980

$32.99 (P)

Part of The Wiles Lectures

  • Author: D. A. Low, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Date Published: November 1995
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521567657

$ 32.99 (P)
Paperback

Add to cart Add to wishlist

Other available formats:
Hardback


Looking for an examination copy?

This title is not currently available for examination. However, if you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching.

Description
Product filter button
Description
Contents
Resources
Courses
About the Authors
  • 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; collectivization in China, Vietnam and Ethiopia), their failure, and the differentiated rural regimes that despite landlord abolition remain there to this day.

    • Discusses over a dozen African and Asian countries in the mid-twentieth century
    • Deals with land reform, collectivization, and rural power politics
    • Personalities examined include Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho, Nehru, Nasser and Nyerere
    Read more

    Reviews & endorsements

    "...this pithy little book bodes fair to become a classic among Third World studies." Foreign Affairs

    "The writing is generally clear and to the point....The discussions around the Wiles lectures in Belfast in 1994 obviously were lively and this is an appropriate memento of them." Peter Lyon, International History Review

    See more reviews

    Customer reviews

    Not yet reviewed

    Be the first to review

    Review was not posted due to profanity

    ×

    , create a review

    (If you're not , sign out)

    Please enter the right captcha value
    Please enter a star rating.
    Your review must be a minimum of 12 words.

    How do you rate this item?

    ×

    Product details

    • Date Published: November 1995
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521567657
    • length: 148 pages
    • dimensions: 216 x 140 x 9 mm
    • weight: 0.2kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Landlord abolition and the rural order: Egypt, India
    2. Richer peasants and the state: East Africa, Papua New Guinea
    3. Rightest regimes and peasant societies: Iran, Southeast Asia
    4. Leftist regimes and their peasantries: Ethiopia, China, Vietnam
    Index.

  • Author

    D. A. Low, Australian National University, Canberra

Related Books

also by this author

Sorry, this resource is locked

Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org

Register Sign in
Please note that this file is password protected. You will be asked to input your password on the next screen.

» Proceed

You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.

Continue ×

Continue ×

Continue ×
warning icon

Turn stock notifications on?

You must be signed in to your Cambridge account to turn product stock notifications on or off.

Sign in Create a Cambridge account arrow icon
×

Find content that relates to you

Join us online

This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Read more Close

Are you sure you want to delete your account?

This cannot be undone.

Cancel

Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.

If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.

×
Please fill in the required fields in your feedback submission.
×