Three Property and Political Regimes

This chapter opens with a section on the geographical setting of the village, followed by a short review of its known history (from the Middle Ages to the beginning of WWII), as a baseline for introducing each of the three political and property regimes that constitute the background of my study. I sketch the political, economic, and social dimensions of each period, describing the interwar twin villages of Comlăuş and Sanktanna, the state-socialist “Sîntana commune” that united them, and the post-socialist town renamed Sântana. I do this in order to introduce the reader to the major lines of change and transformation that shaped the lives of my subjects.