Hans C. Buechler is Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University and Judith-Maria Buechler is Professor of Anthropology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Together they are the coeditors of Migrants in Europe: The Role of Family, Labor, and Politics.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chronology

1. Introduction

The Setting
Methodology

2. Identities

PART I: THE COMMUNIST PERIOD

3. The History of Collectivization in Agriculture

4. The LPG

Introduction
The Mass Production Model in Agriculture
The Dynamics of Planning: Rationales and Irrationalities
Production Quotas and Export
The Organization of Agricultural Tasks
Local Responses
Inconsistencies in the Distribution of Farm Equipment
Showcase Projects
Communal Tasks
Capital Investments and Debt
Compensation
Supplementing Wages: Individual Production by LPG Members
The Family as Source of Identification
Leisure
The LPG Administration
Farm Manager Identities

PART II. THE POST-COMMUNIST PERIOD

Introduction: The Aftermath of Reunification

The Crash in the Markets: Panic Purchases
New Markets and Pricing Structures
Government Supports and Useless Feasibility Plans
The Maze of Legal Forms of Ownership
Rights to Compensation and to Decide on the Future of the Cooperatives

5. The Cooperative Solution

Legal Options
The Cooperative Managers' Opinion of West German-Style Cooperativism
The Transition to West German-Style Cooperatives: Process and Timing
The New Leadership
Carrying Out Compensation
Impediments: Access to Land
Leasing from Individuals
The Issue of Buildings
Set-Aside Programs
The Carryover of Debt Incurred During the GDR
A Case of Failure
Prospects

6. The New Cooperatives: Continuity and Change

Restructuring Activities
Investment in Buildings and Machinery
Crop Production
Livestock Production
Markets
Reducing the Workforce
Wage Levels and Working Conditions
The Cooperatives' Relationship to Communities
Prospects

7. The Eastern Independent Farmers

Obtaining Land
Machinery
Investment
Division of Labor and the Employment of Outside Labor
Crop Production and Its Link to Market Demand
Livestock Production
Prospects
Conclusion

8. The Western Farmers

Adapting to Life in the East
Access to Land
Investment
Personnel and Division of Labor
Crop Production and Marketing
Livestock Production and Marketing
Suppliers and Markets
Community Relations

9. The Service/Industrial Context of Agriculture: Linkages and Permutations

Suppliers
A Serviceman
Clients
The Nature of Economic Networks
Convergences and Divergences between Farmers and Their Associates

10. Conclusion

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index