Katherine Verdery: 3 books
My Life as a Spy
Investigations in a Secret Police File
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
As Katherine Verdery observes, "There's nothing like reading your secret police file to make you wonder who you really are." In 1973 Verdery began her doctoral fieldwork in the Transylvanian region of Romania, ruled at the time by communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. She returned several...
Peasants under Siege
The Collectivization of Romanian Agriculture, 1949-1962
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
In 1949, Romania's fledgling communist regime unleashed a radical and brutal campaign to collectivize agriculture in this largely agrarian country, following the Soviet model. Peasants under Siege provides the first comprehensive look at the far-reaching social engineering process that ensued. Gail...
by Gail Kligman, Katherine Verdery
Language: Romanian
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: Romanian
Release Date: December 7, 2015
În 1949, regimul comunist român, aflat la începuturile sale, a dezlănțuit o intensă și brutală campanie de colectivizare a agriculturii, după modelul sovietic, într-o țară cu un pronunțat profil agrar. Gail Kligman și Katherine Verdery analizează modul în care colectivizarea a zdruncinat...