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Everyday Life under Communism and After
Lifestyle and Consumption in Hungary, 1945–2000
By providing a survey of consumption and lifestyle in Hungary during the second half of the twentieth century, this book shows how common people lived during and after tumultuous regime changes. After an introduction covering the late 1930s, the study centers on the communist era, and goes on to describe changes in the post-communist period with its legacy of state socialism.
Tibor Valuch poses a series of questions. Who could be called rich or poor and how did they live in the various periods? How did living, furnishings, clothing, income, and consumption mirror the structure of the society and its transformations? How could people accommodate their lifestyles to the political and social system? How specific to the regime was consumption after the communist takeover, and how did consumption habits change after the demise of state socialism? The answers, based on micro-histories, statistical data, population censuses and surveys help to understand the complexities of daily life, not only in Hungary, but also in other communist regimes in east-central Europe, with insights on their antecedents and afterlives.
About the Author
Reviews
Link to review:
https://doi.org/10.5325/hungarianstud.49.2.0277—Annina Gagyiova, Hungarian Studies Review
"Tibor Valuch's publications have been key sources for many of us studying everyday life in Hungary, especially under state socialism. This rich collection of a variety of data and accompanying social analysis is now available for a wider, international audience that it clearly deserves. The rich research foundations of Everyday Life Under Communism will make it a key source for scholars of consumption in Eastern Europe."
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/soeu-2022-0041/html—Zsuzsa Gille, Comparative Southeast European Studies
Endorsements
"Tibor Valuch's extraordinary book provides a revealing window onto how ordinary citizens experienced historic transformations during the state-socialist period and in the decade after its collapse. It deftly orchestrates an astonishing array of materials to tell this story, from state initiatives to the details of the consumer culture emerging in everyday life."—Krisztina Fehérváry
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Hardback | |
February 15, 2022 | |
9789633863763 | |
English | |
508 | |
17 tables, 68 figures | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
1.38 Inches (US) | |
1.8 Pounds (US) | |
$105.00 USD, £85.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
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