The Vanishing Hectare: Property and Value in Postsocialist Transylvania

by Katherine Verdery

Book Overview

In most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the fall of communism opened up the possibility for individuals to acquire land. Based on Katherine Verdery's extensive fieldwork between 1990 and 2001, The Vanishing Hectare explores the importance of land and land ownership to the people of one Transylvanian community, Aurel Vlaicu. Verdery traces how collectivized land was transformed into private property, how land was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801488699
• ISBN13: 9780801488696
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"