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Author Verdery, Katherine, 1948- author.

Title The vanishing hectare : property and value in postsocialist Transylvania / Katherine Verdery
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 426 pages) : illustrations
Series Culture & society after socialism
Culture and society after socialism.
Contents Introduction: property, value, and global transformation -- Making, unmaking, and remaking owners -- Realizing the powers of ownership
Summary In most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the fall of communism meant individuals could acquire land. Based on fieldwork between 1990 and 2001, the author explores the importance of land and land ownership in one Transylvanian community
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Land reform -- Romania -- Transylvania
Peasants -- Romania -- Transylvania
Post-communism -- Romania -- Transylvania
Social change -- Romania -- Transylvania
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Réformes foncières.
Propriété foncière.
Economie rurale.
Développement rural.
Exploitation agricole collective.
Sociologie rurale.
Changement social.
Postcommunisme.
Land reform
Peasants
Post-communism
Rural conditions
Social change
Plattelandsontwikkeling.
Landgebruik.
SUBJECT Transylvania (Romania) -- Rural conditions
Subject Roumanie.
Romania -- Transylvania
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781501717253
1501717251
9780810441972
0810441977
9780810488694
0810488698