List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Terminological Note
Introduction
Period I. The Pre-centralization of Documentation: Revolutionary Mobilization before Collectivization
1 Call-and-Response Dialogues: Struggling to Convert Mistrust into Trust
2 Field Reports: Confusing the Exemplary with the Deviant
Period II. The Centralization of Documentation: Bureaucratic Professionalism Following Collectivization
Introduction: Conflicting Narratives: The Transition to State Socialism
3 Administrative Templates: Standardizing Vagueness
4 Labor Contracts: Muddling Illicit Practices with Licit Ones
5 Performance Audits: Identifying Known Unknowns
Period III. The Para-centralization of Documentation: Socialist Marketization after Decollectivization
Introduction: Mistaking Fact as Fiction and Fiction as Fact: The Transition out of State Socialism
6 Village Conventions: Misportraying Private Interests as Public Ones
Conclusion
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index