Soviet Collectivization, Capitalist Dreams 331Table 14.1
Legibility of social groups, institutions and practices
IllegibleLegibleSettlementsTemporary encampments of hunter-gatherers, nomads,slash-and-burn cultivators, pioneers and gypsiesUnplanned cities and neighbourhoods: Bruges in 1500,medina of Damascus, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Paris, in 1800Permanent villages, estates and plantations ofsedentary peoplesPlanned grid cities and neighbourhoods:Brasília, ChicagoEconomic unitsSmall property, petite bourgeoisieSmall peasant farmsArtisanal productionSmall shopsInformal economy, ‘off the books’Large propertyLarge farmsFactories (proletariat)Large commercial establishmentsFormal economy, ‘on the books’Property regimesOpen commons, communal propertyPrivate propertyLocal recordsCollective farmsState propertyNational cadastral surveyTechnical and resource organizationsWaterLocal customary use, local irrigation societiesCentralized dam, irrigation controlTransportationDecentralized webs and networks- Centralized hubs
EnergyCow pats and brushwood gathered locally or local electricgenerating stationsLarge generating stations in urban centresIdentificationUnregulated local naming customs- Permanent patronyms
No state documentation of citizensNational system of identification cards,documents or passports