In most countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the fall of communism opened the possibility for individuals to repossess land their families had owned prior to the communists’ collectivization of agriculture.  Based on extensive field research between 1990 and 2001, this book explores the importance of land and landownership to the people of one Transylvanian community, Aurel Vlaicu.  It shows how collective farms were transformed into private property, how land came to be valued, what the new owners were able to do with it, and what it signified to each of the different groups vying for land rights.