Transforming Peasants, Property and Power : : The Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania, 1949–1962 / / ed. by Dorin Dobrincu, Constantin Iordachi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Bodó, Julianna,; Chelcea, Liviu,; Dobrincu, Dorin,; Goina, Călin,; Iordachi, Constantin,; Kligman, Gail,; Levy, Robert,; Lăţea, Daniel,; Miller, Linda,; Oláh, Sándor,; Oprea, Marius,; Stan, Răzvan,; Stewart, Michael,; Stoica, Cătălin Augustin,; Verdery, Katherine,; Vultur, Smaranda,; Ţârău, Virgiliu,
• HerausgeberIn: Dobrincu, Dorin,; Iordachi, Constantin,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (552 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The First Wave of the Collectivization Campaign: Central Policies and Their Regional Implementation (1949–1953) -- The Final Offensive: “The Socialist Transformation of Agriculture” from Slogans to Reality (1953–1962) -- Law and Propaganda: Rural Land Ownership, Collectivization and Socialist Property in Romania -- Part Two. Center and Periphery in the Collectivization Campaign -- “Constanţa, The First Collectivized Region”: Soviet Geo-Political Interests and National and Regional Factors in the Collectivization of Dobrogea (1949–1962) -- The Role of Ethnicity in the Collectivization of Tomnatic/Triebswetter (Banat Region) (1949–1956) -- Creating Communist Authority: Class Warfare and Collectivization in Ieud (Maramureş Region) -- Collectivization Policies in the Cluj Region: The Aiud and Turda Districts -- Collectivization in the Odorhei District (The Hungarian Autonomous Region) -- Collectivization and Resistance in the Shepherding Village of Poiana Sibiului (Sibiu Region) -- Persuasion, Delay and Coercion. Late Collectivization in Northern Moldova: The Case of Darabani (Suceava Region) -- Part Three. Collectivization and the Transformation of Social Relations -- Exploiters Old and New: Making and Unmaking “Rich Peasants” in Aurel Vlaicu (Hunedoara Region) -- Revolution in Bits and Pieces: Collectivization in Southern Romania (Craiova Region) -- Persuasion Techniques and Community Reactions in Corund (the Hungarian Autonomous Region) -- “Never Leave ‘til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today!”* A Case Study of a Model Collective Farm: “New Life” Sântana (Arad Region) -- “Here in Reviga, There Was Nobody to Wage the Class Struggle”: Collectivization in Reviga, Bărăgan Plain (Bucharest Region) -- One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: Institutionalizing the Party-State and Collective Property in Two Romanian Villages (Galaţi Region) -- Conclusions -- Annexes -- General Bibliography on the Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania -- 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 -- Photos