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Prof

Stephen Wheatcroft

Honorary
Historical and Philosophical Studies
history
arts & humanities
social sciences
business & economics
area studies
economics
government & law
political science
famine
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Projects

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Rethinking the History of Soviet Stalinism

This project will provide a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of Stalin's Russia by considering critically the data now a..

2012 - 2016
Completed
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The causes and consequences of the great famines of the last two centuries in Russia, China, Ireland and elsewhere

Famines have huge human, economic, social and cultural costs. A better understanding of the multi-faceted dimensions of past famines - the i..

2008 - 2012
Completed
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Soviet social and political crises in perspective: from the famine of 1931-3 to the Yezhovshchina of 1937-8

We will all gain from an improved understanding of some of the major historical developments of the modern period. But in addition to this, ..

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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan

Stephen G Wheatcroft

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH

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Corn Crusade: Khrushchev's Farming Revolution in the Post-Stalin Soviet Union.

Stephen G Wheatcroft

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY

Aaron Hale-Dorrell’s book is an attempt to save Khrushchev from some of the criticism he has received for his championing of corn ..

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Soviet Statistics under Stalinism: Reliability and Distortions in Grain and Population Statistics

Stephen G Wheatcroft

Journal article  |  2019  |  EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES

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The industrialisation of Soviet Russia volume 7: The Soviet economy and the approach of war, 1937-1939

RW Davies, M Harrison, O Khlevniuk, SG Wheatcroft

Book  |  2018

This book concludes The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, an authoritative account of the Soviet Union’s industrial transformati..

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The European Famines of World Wars 1 and 2: Causes and Consequences

S Wheatcroft, C O'Grada

Book Chapter  |  2017

This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present.

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The European Famines of World Wars I and II

Stephen Wheatcroft, Cormac O Grada

Book Chapter  |  2017

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Eastern Europe (Russia and the USSR)

Stephen Wheatcroft

Book Chapter  |  2017

This is the first systematic study of famine in all parts of Europe from the Middle Ages until the present.

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Famine, food problems and Imperialism

Stephen Wheatcroft

Reference Work  |  2016

This entry investigates the relationships between famine, food problems, and imperialism and how they changed over time. It begins..

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Red Globalization: The Political Economy of the Soviet Cold War from Stalin to Khrushchev

Stephen G Wheatcroft

Report  |  2015  |  American Historical Review

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The industrialisation of Soviet Russia volume 6: The years of progress: The Soviet economy, 1934-1936

RW Davies, OV Khlevnyuk, SG Wheatcroft

Book  |  2014

Based on extensive research in formerly secret archives, this volume examines the progress of Soviet industrialisation against the..

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Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Expanding Knowledge
Understanding Past Societies
Agriculture, Land and Farm Management

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The professor who came in from the cold

Stephen Wheatcroft

I was born into an average working class family in the Roman city of Lincoln during the population explosion that followed the Second World ..

August 18, 2015
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2005

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Historical and Philosophical Studies

Education

Bachelor of Arts

Keele University

Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Birmingham