Transforming Peasants, Property and Power

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

• AIL 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 TÂRAU, Collectivization Policies in the Cluj Region: The Aiud and Turda Districts SÁNDOR OLÁH, 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 BODÓ, 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 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 Village, List of Abbreviations, Glossary of Terms, Authors Photo Credits, Index