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collectivization

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col·lec·tiv·ize  (k-lkt-vz)
tr.v. col·lec·tiv·ized, col·lec·tiv·iz·ing, col·lec·tiv·iz·es
To organize (an economy, industry, or enterprise) on the basis of collectivism.

col·lectiv·i·zation (-t-v-zshn) n.

collectivization
the process of forming collectives or collective communities where property and resources are owned by the community and not individuals.
See also: Communalism, Communism
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Noun1.collectivization - the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism
establishment, constitution, formation, organisation, organization - the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"


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The text covers Mao's early life, education (shortened by his "spoilt, rebellious nature" that caused his expulsion from several schools), early political involvement, four wives, leadership of the nascent Communist Party and the Long March, the failure of farm collectivization that resulted in widespread famine, meetings with Khrushchev and Nixon, and the deaths of about 70 million Chinese to famine and oppression.
This important book recounts, in fascinating detail, the collectivization and decollectivization of farming in northern Vietnam between 1958 and the 1990s.
His collectivization (shift from private to group ownership) of Soviet farms led to famines that killed millions of people.
 
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