| Description |
1 online resource (353 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Hungarian history |
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Studies in Hungarian history.
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| Contents |
In the Manor House: A New Elite is Born -- The C(adre) Line: Consumer Habits -- Tradition and Innovation: the Hunt for Concordance -- Meetings Between the System and Its People -- Luxury: Public and Semi-Public Spaces -- Stain on the Blue Sofa: Luxury and the Elite |
| Summary |
"After World War II, a new community of elite emerged in Hungary, in spite of the communist principles espoused by the government. In Luxury and the Ruling Elite in Socialist Hungary, György Majtényi allows us a peek inside their affluence. Majtényi exposes the lavish standard of living that the higher echelon enjoyed, complete with pools, Persian rugs, extravagant furniture, servants, and groundskeepers. They shopped in private stores stocked with expensive meats and tropical fruits just for them. They benefited from access to everything from books, telephone lines, and international travel to hunting grounds, soccer games, and even the choicest cemetery plots. But Majtényi also reveals the underbelly of such society, particularly how these privileges were used as a way of maintaining power, initiating or denying entry to party members, and strengthening the very hierarchies that communism promised to abolish. Taking readers on a fascinating and often surprising look inside the manor homes and vacation villas of wealthy post-World War II Hungarians, Majtényi offers fresh insight into the realities of patriarchy, loyalty, gender, and class within the communist regime"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Translated from the original Hungarian into English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2021) |
| Subject |
Elite (Social sciences) -- Hungary
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Power (Social sciences) -- Hungary
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Wealth -- Hungary
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HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Politics and government
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Power (Social sciences)
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Social conditions
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Wealth
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| SUBJECT |
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063081
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Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063083
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| Subject |
Hungary
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cooper, Thomas, 1971- translator.
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| LC no. |
2020030755 |
| ISBN |
9780253055958 |
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0253055954 |
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9780253055934 |
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0253055938 |
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