Transforming Peasants, Property and Power: The Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania, 1949–1962

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Transforming Peasants, Property and Power

The Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania, 1949–1962

Edited by: Dorin Dobrincu and Constantin Iordachi

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2009

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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.

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Dobrincu Dorin :

Dorin Dobrincu is Research Fellow at the Department of Contemporary History, “A. D. Xenopol Institute of History,” Iasi and Associate Professor at the Department of History, Alexandru I. Cuza University, Iasi, Dobrincu is also General Director of the National Archives of Romania (since 2007).

Iordachi Constantin :

Constantin Iordachi is a Professor at the History Department of Central European University and President of the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies.

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History Historical Periods Contemporary History until 1945 Other Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Constantin Iordachi and Dorin Dobrincu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The First Wave of the Collectivization Campaign: Central Policies and Their Regional Implementation (1949–1953) Robert Levy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
The Final Offensive: “The Socialist Transformation of Agriculture” from Slogans to Reality (1953–1962) Marius Oprea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	49
Law and Propaganda: Rural Land Ownership, Collectivization and Socialist Property in Romania Linda Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
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) Constantin Iordachi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
The Role of Ethnicity in the Collectivization of Tomnatic/Triebswetter (Banat Region) (1949–1956) Smaranda Vultur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
Creating Communist Authority: Class Warfare and Collectivization in Ieud (Maramureş Region) Gail Kligman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
Collectivization Policies in the Cluj Region: The Aiud and Turda Districts Virgiliu Ţârău Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
Collectivization in the Odorhei District (The Hungarian Autonomous Region) Sándor Oláh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
Collectivization and Resistance in the Shepherding Village of Poiana Sibiului (Sibiu Region) Michael Stewart and Răzvan Stan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Persuasion, Delay and Coercion. Late Collectivization in Northern Moldova: The Case of Darabani (Suceava Region) Dorin Dobrincu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
Part Three. Collectivization and the Transformation of Social Relations
Exploiters Old and New: Making and Unmaking “Rich Peasants” in Aurel Vlaicu (Hunedoara Region) Katherine Verdery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	305
Revolution in Bits and Pieces: Collectivization in Southern Romania (Craiova Region) Daniel Lăţea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
Persuasion Techniques and Community Reactions in Corund (the Hungarian Autonomous Region) Julianna Bodó Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355
“Never Leave ‘til Tomorrow What You Can Do Today!”* A Case Study of a Model Collective Farm: “New Life” Sântana (Arad Region) Călin Goina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369
“Here in Reviga, There Was Nobody to Wage the Class Struggle”: Collectivization in Reviga, Bărăgan Plain (Bucharest Region) Liviu Chelcea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	399
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: Institutionalizing the Party-State and Collective Property in Two Romanian Villages (Galaţi Region) Cătălin Augustin Stoica Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	423
Conclusions Constantin Iordachi and Katherine Verdery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	455
Annexes
General Bibliography on the Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania Dorin Dobrincu and Constantin Iordachi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	473
The Communist Take-Over and Land Collectivization in Romania: Chronology of Events, 1945–1962 Constantin Iordachi and Dorin Dobrincu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	485
Table of Research Villages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	492
Maps
Map 1: Administrative division of Romania, 1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	495
Map 2: Administrative division of Romania, 1952 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	497
Map 3: Administrative division of Romania, 1960 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	498
Map 4: List of Research Villages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	499
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	501
Glossary of Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	503
Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	507
Photo Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	513
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	515
Photos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	532

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June 15, 2009

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9786155211720

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552

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17

Tables:

9

https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155211720

eBook ISBN: 9786155211720

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Agriculture; Collectivization; Communism; Economic history; Romania; Transylvania

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Transforming Peasants, Property and Power

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