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The Vanishing Hectare: Property and Value in Postsocialist Transylvania (2003)
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 [...]
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