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György Péteri

Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class

Greed and Creed. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,5 cm / 15,7 cm / 1,8 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781666923964

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234 Seiten
November 2023
Lexington Books

An archivally based exploration of the everyday life in Hungary’s communist apparatus class after 1956, this book covers consumption, mobility, and leisure. Péteri shows how class power and privilege as well as Western patterns asserted themselves in the everyday of state-socialist society.

György Péteri

Foreword Prologue Chapter 1: Consumerism and Demand Side Abundance Chapter 2: New Sobriety: Comrade Kucsera and His Legacy Chapter 3: The Acquisitive Functionary Chapter 4: Hunting Chapter 5: Holidays and Class Struggle under State Socialism Chapter 6: Forgetting the Simple Art of Walking: The Social Order of Apparatus Mobility Conclusion