Introduction

Abstract

A harsh wind was blowing over the uplands, down from the snow-clad mountains. Change was on the way. The old dictator had fallen. The people had torn down the bridges, the irrigation works, the factories and collective farms. They destroyed everything that remained as a symbol of the hated past. Now it was time to rebuild. But the land would not sustain everyone who lived on it. There were too many people living on too small plots. Subsidies from the government were no longer coming. Something would have to change.