Contents -- 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 Licit Practices with Illicit 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 -- Appendix 1. The State Administrative Structure (2001) -- Appendix 2. List of Contracting Experiments by Location, Type, and Date -- Notes -- References -- Index.