Publisher's Synopsis
A depiction of the decollectivization process of agriculture in Southern Estonia and the rebirth of capitalistic relations with all their consequences at various levels of social structure and social relations. The research unit of the book is the Kolkhoz. In addition to being the core of the privatization of agriculture, the privatization of collective farms is also the key to the entire analysis of the future development in rural areas; in Estonia and in other post-socialist societies.
