Collectivization and Social Engineering : Soviet Administration and the Jews of Uzbekistan, 1917-1939.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Map and Figures -- Map -- Notes on Transliteration, Abbreviations, Acronyms and Citations -- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- "The Wastelands": The Jews of Central Asia -- Changes in the Legal Status of Jews in Central Asia -- Jewish Community Organization -- How Many Jews Were There? -- Indexes of Literacy among the Jewish Population -- Characteristic Occupations and Livelihoods -- Chapter 2 -- "We'll Change Henceforth the Old Tradition": The Bolshevik Revolution in Central Asia -- Incorporating Community into State Institutions -- Liberating the Women -- Competing Religion and the Religious Establishment -- Dealing with Antisemitism in Central Asia -- Chapter 3 -- "Workers of the World Unite!": Central Asia and the Nationalities Question -- The Nationalities Question and Communist Doctrine -- The Nationalities Question and the Jews in the Soviet Union -- The Nationality Theory in Practice: The National Delimitation of Central Asia -- National and Jewish Sections Activities in Communist Party of Uzbekistan -- The Governmental Committee for National Minorities in Uzbekistan -- Establishment of the Komzet Committee and the Ozet Society in Uzbekistan -- The Turning Point -- Implementation of Governmental Decisions on the Issue of the Jews -- Approval for the Establishment of Komzet in Uzbekistan -- The Establishment of the Ozet Association in Uzbekistan -- Chapter 4 -- The Hungry Steppe - The Plans -- Types of Agricultural Settlement -- Establishment of the First Jewish Agricultural Artels -- The Government and Incentives for Settlers -- Activities of the Komzet Committee: Planning and Implementation -- Operations of Ozet in Uzbekistan, 1926-1930 -- Settlement Plans for Jews of Uzbekistan -- The Turksib Plan -- The "Tajikistan Plan".

The Hungry Steppe - Mirzo-Chul - "Zelenski" Plan -- Chapter 5 -- The Hungry Steppe (Mirzo-Chul): The Implementation -- Funding the Kolkhozes -- Buildings Planned for Construction in Jewish Kolkhozes -- Enrollment and Settlement Rates -- Everyday Life in Jewish Kolkhozes -- Health and Security -- Facing Social Disputes -- Women in the Fields -- Interactions with Local Populations and Rural Authorities -- Summing up the Achievements of Jewish Settlement -- Chapter 6 -- Not Only in the Steppes: Building an Urban Proletariat -- Organization of Small Producers into Industrial Artels -- "Socialist" Enterprises -- Between Equality, Internationalization and Discrimination -- Women in Industry -- Training for Industry -- Chapter 7 -- Reclaiming the Cultural Wastelands -- The Jewish-Bukharan Language -- The Jewish-Bukharan Press -- Soviet Publishing Enterprises -- Development of Soviet-Jewish School System -- Cultural Socialist Education -- The Museum -- The Jewish Theatre -- End of an Era and an Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

Zeev Levin presents a study of the Jewish population of Uzbekistan at a time when the Soviet government was attempting to transform Jewish peddlers into peasants and factory workers - to fill the role of the new Soviet man.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.