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Mapping the Nation

In nearly two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling 'clash of...

Peasants under Siege

In 1949, Romania's fledgling communist regime unleashed a radical and brutal campaign to collecti...

Ţăranii sub asediu: colectivizarea agriculturii în România (1949‑1962)

In 1949, regimul comunist roman, aflat la inceputurile sale, a dezlantuit o intensa si brutala ca...

¿Qué era el socialismo y por qué se desplomó?

What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?

Among the first anthropologists to work in Eastern Europe, Katherine Verdery had built up a signi...

The Vanishing Hectare

In most countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the fall of communism opened ...

Journal of Romanian Studies

My Life as a Spy

As Katherine Verdery observes, "e;There's nothing like reading your secret police file to mak...

Property in Question

How has it come about that indigenous cultures, body parts, and sequences of musical notes are co...

Secrets and Truths

Nothing in Soviet-style communism was as shrouded in mystery as its secret police. Its paid emplo...

Property in Question

How has it come about that indigenous cultures, body parts, and sequences of musical notes are co...

National Ideology Under Socialism

The current transformation of many Eastern European societies is impossible to understand without...