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In this historical monograph on non-urban communist Albania, Artan Hoxha discusses the ambitious development project that turned a swampland into a site of sugar production after 1945. The author seeks to free the history of Albanian communism from the stereotypes that still circulate about it with stigmas of an aberration, paranoia, extreme nationalism, and xenophobia. This micro-history of the agricultural and industrial transformation of a zone in southeastern Albania, explores a wide range of issues including modernization, development, and social, cultural, and economic policies. In addition to analyzing the collectivization of agriculture, Hoxha shows how communism affected the lives of ordinary rural people. As elsewhere in the Communist Bloc, the Albanian regime borrowed developmental projects from the past and implemented them using social mobilization and a command economy. The abundant archival resources along with interviews in the field attest to the authorities’ efforts to increase consumption and to radically transform people’s tastes. But the book argues that despite the repressive environment, people involved in the sugar project were not simply passive receivers of models from the nation's capital. The author also describes that—in defiance of Cold War bipolarity—technological requirements and social policy considerations required a degree of engagement with the broader world.--

Communism --- Rural development projects --- Sugar beet industry --- HISTORY / Europe / Eastern. --- Beets and beet sugar --- Sugar trade --- Development projects, Rural --- Projects, Rural development --- Economic development projects --- History --- countryside. --- globalization. --- industrialization. --- modernization. --- socialism. --- Maliq (Korçë, Albania) --- Albania --- Rural conditions. --- Politics and government --- Â-ngì-pâ-nì-â --- Albaani --- Albaania --- Albaania Vabariik --- Albaanje --- Albàinia --- Albani --- Albaniako Errepublika --- Albanie --- Albanien --- Albanii︠a︡ --- Albanija --- Albanio --- Albaniya --- Albaniya Respublikası --- Albanska --- Albánská republika --- Albánsko --- Albanujo --- Albanya --- Albanyah --- ʻAlepania --- Alvania --- An Albáin --- An-ba-ni --- Arbinishia --- Arnautluk --- Arnavutluk --- Arnavutluk Cumhuriyeti --- Arngudin Orn --- Arubania --- Avaña --- Dēmokratia tēs Alvanias --- Dziłigaii Bikéyah --- Elbanya --- Gweriniaeth Albania --- Lalbanän --- Lýðveldið Albania --- Lýðveldið Albaniu --- People's Republic of Albania --- People's Socialist Republic of Albania --- Pobblaght ny h-Albaan --- Poblacht na hAlbáine --- PSR of Albania --- Repóbblica d'l Albanî --- Repubblica di Albania --- Republic of Albania --- Republica Arbinishia --- República d'Albània --- República de Albania --- Republik Albanien --- Republika Albanii︠a︡ --- Republika Albanija --- Republika Albańska --- Republika e Shqipërisë --- Republika Popullore e Shqipërisë --- Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë --- Republika sa Albanya --- Republikan kan Albanya --- Republiḳat Albanyah --- Republikken Albanien --- République d'Albanie --- République populaire socialiste d'Albanie --- Repúbrica d'Albánia --- Respublika Albanii︠a︡ --- Respubliko Albanio --- RPS të Shqipërisë --- RSH --- Sheypeni --- Shkipeni --- Shkiperiya --- Shqipenia --- Shqipëri --- Shqipëria --- Shqipni --- Shqipnia --- Shqipnië --- Shqipnija --- Shqipri --- Shqipria --- Shqiprija --- Shqypëni --- Shqypni --- Yn Albaan --- Αλβανία --- Δημοκρατία της Αλβανίας --- Арнгудин Орн --- Албани --- Албания --- Албанія --- Республіка Албанія --- Република Албания --- אלבניה --- רפובליקת אלבניה --- ألبانيا --- アルバニア --- 알바니아 --- Qeverija Demokratike e Shqipërisë --- Maliqi (Korçë, Albania)