Transforming peasants, property and power : the collectivization of agriculture in Romania, 1949-1962 / edited by Constantin Iordachi and Dorin Dobrincu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iordachi, Constantin.

Dobrincu, Dorin, 1972-

Standardized Title:

Taranimea si puterea. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collectivization of agriculture--Romania--History--20th century.

Collectivization of agriculture.

Agriculture and state--Romania--History--20th century.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The subject matter of the volume is part of larger research agenda on the process of land collectivization in the former communist camp, focusing on state, identity and property. The main innovation of the volume is to apply recent interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the collectivization process, asking what types of new peasant-state relations it formed and how it transformed notions of self, persons, and things (such as land). The project conceived of changes in the system of ownership as causing changes in the identity and attitude of people; similarly, it regarded the study of personal identities as essential for understanding changes in the system of ownership. This perspective is rare in the area-studies approaches to the topic.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery: Foreword; Constantin Iordachi and Dorin Dobrincu: Introduction; Part One. The Collectivization of Agriculture: General Aspects; Robert Levy: The First Wave of the Collectivization Campaign: Central Policies and Their Regional Implementation (1949-1953); Marius Oprea: The Final Offensive: "The Socialist Transformation of Agriculture" from Slogans to Reality (1953-1962); Linda Miller: Law and Propaganda: Rural Land Ownership, Collectivization and Socialist Property in Romania; Part Two. Center and Periphery in the Collectivization Campaign

Constantin Iordachi: "Constanta, the First Collectivized Region:" Soviet Geo-Political Interests and National and Regional Factors in the Collectivization of Dobrogea (1949-1962)Smaranda Vultur: The Role of Ethnicity in the Collectivization of Tomnatic/Triebswetter (Banat Region) (1949-1956); Gail Kligman: Creating Communist Authority: Class Warfare and Collectivization in Ieud (Maramures Region); Virgiliu Tarau: Collectivization Policies in the Cluj Region: The Aiud and Turda Districts; Sandor Olah: Collectivization in the Odorhei District (The Hungarian Autonomous Region)

Michael Stewart and Razvan Stan: Collectivization and Resistance in the Shepherding Village of Poiana Sibiului (Sibiu Region)Dorin Dobrincu: Persuasion, Delay and Coercion. Late Collectivization in Northern Moldova: The Case of Darabani (Suceava Region); Part Three. Collectivization and the Transformation of Social Relations; Katherine Verdery: Exploiters Old and New: Making and Unmaking "Rich Peasants" in Aurel Vlaicu (Hunedoara Region); Daniel Latea: Revolution in Bits and Pieces: Collectivization in Southern Romania (Craiova Region)

Julianna Bodo: Persuasion Techniques and Community Reactions in Corund (the Hungarian Autonomous Region)Calin Goina: "Never Leave 'til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today!" A Case Study of a Model Collective Farm: "New Life" Sântana (Arad Region); Liviu Chelcea: "Here in Reviga, There Was Nobody to Wage the Class Struggle": Collectivization in Reviga, Baragan Plain (Bucharest Region); Catalin Augustin Stoica: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: Institutionalizing the Party-State and Collective Property in Two Romanian Villages (Galati Region); Constantin Iordachi and Katherine Verdery: Conclusions

AnnexesDorin Dobrincu and Constantin Iordachi: General Bibliography on the Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania; Constantin Iordachi and Dorin Dobrincu: The Communist Take-Over and Land Collectivization in Romania: Chronology of Events, 1945-1962; Table of Research Villages; MAPS; MAP 1: Administrative division of Romania, 1950; MAP 2: Administrative division of Romania, 1952; MAP 3: Administrative division of Romania, 1960; MAP 4: List of Research Villages; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; Authors; Photo Credits; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-72344-6

978-615-5211-72-0

978-6-15521-172-0

9786155211720

615-5211-72-8

1-283-24814-X

9786613248145

1-4416-1814-7

9781003723448

OCLC:

433662646