ABSTRACT

This book explores some of the possibilities and limitations inherent in collectivization by examining agricultural changes in one Hungarian village, Pecsely in which the transition from traditional peasant existence to a socialist society and collectivized agriculture could be traced.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

part 1|32 pages

Antecedents

chapter 1|22 pages

The Three Villages in the Valley

chapter 2|8 pages

The Land Reform of 1945

part 2|85 pages

Agricultural Collectivization

chapter 3|4 pages

Agrarian Policies in the 1950s

chapter 4|17 pages

The First Phase of Collectivization

chapter 5|5 pages

The Second Phase of Collectivization

chapter 6|11 pages

The Three Collectives of Pécsely

chapter 7|9 pages

The First Merger

chapter 9|9 pages

The Jókai Collective

chapter 11|7 pages

Relationship of Members to the Collective

part 3|68 pages

Beyond the Collective

chapter 12|12 pages

Plot Farming: The ‘Second Economy’

chapter 15|5 pages

Household Economy and Small Farming

chapter 17|6 pages

Networks of Reciprocity

chapter 18|3 pages

The ‘Elite’ of the Széphegy

chapter 19|6 pages

The Invisible Population

chapter 21|6 pages

Non-Agricultural Labour

part 4|93 pages

The Collective and the Community

chapter 22|19 pages

Under One Roof?

chapter 23|17 pages

Community, Society: Institutions

chapter 24|3 pages

Community, Society: Competing Paradigms

chapter 25|11 pages

The Traditional Paradigm

chapter 26|8 pages

The Socialist Paradigm

chapter 27|5 pages

The Western Urban Paradigm

chapter 28|5 pages

Social Differentiation

chapter 29|8 pages

Community, Society: Voluntary Associations

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion