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Author Horváth, Sándor, 1974- author.

Title Children of communism : politicizing youth revolt in communist Budapest in the 1960s / Sándor Horváth ; translated by Thomas Cooper
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in Hungarian history
Studies in Hungarian history.
Contents The hippie stroll -- The trial : casting -- How hooligans are made -- Youth protection -- The police and uses of the urban space -- The socialist tabloid press -- Protest in a diary -- Girl in the gang -- Memory
Summary "As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the evening, sirens blared, teens were interrogated, and the myth of the most notorious juvenile gang in Budapest was born. The origin of the Great Tree Gang became an elaborately cultivated morality tale of the dangers posed by allegedly rebellious youths to the conformity of communist communities. In time, governments across Cold War Europe manufactured similar stories about the threats posed by groups of unruly adolescents. In Children of Communism, Sándor Horváth explores this youth counterculture in the Eastern Bloc, how young people there imagined the West, and why this generation proved so crucial to communist identity politics. He not only reveals how communism shaped youth culture, but also how young people shaped official policy. A fascinating read on the power of youth protest, Children of Communism shows what life was like for the first generation to have been born under communism and how one evening spent grieving rock and roll under a tree forever changed lives"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Translation of: Kádár gyermekei : ifjúsági lázadás a hatvanas években
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 10, 2023)
Subject Youth -- Hungary -- Social conditions
Youth -- Political activity -- Hungary
Socialism and youth -- Hungary
Subculture -- Hungary
Teenagers -- Hungary
Communism -- Hungary
HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
Communism.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Socialism and youth.
Subculture.
Teenagers.
Youth -- Political activity.
Youth -- Social conditions.
SUBJECT Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063083
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063081
Subject Hungary.
Form Electronic book
Author Cooper, Thomas, 1971- translator.
LC no. 2021043324
ISBN 0253059712
9780253059703
0253059704
9780253059710
Other Titles Kádár gyermekei. English