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Author Horváth, Sándor, author

Title Stalinism reloaded : everyday life in Stalin-City, Hungary / Sándor Horváth ; translated by Thomas Cooper
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 298 pages)
Contents Part 1. Identities -- Myths -- Downtown America -- Urban villagers -- Part 2. Relationships -- Family -- Abortion -- Divorce -- Part 3. Hierarchy -- Bars -- Hooligans -- Slums -- Prostitution
Summary "The Hungarian city of Sztálinváros, or 'Stalin-City, ' was intended to be the paradigmatic urban community of the new communist society in the 1950s. In Stalinism Reloaded, Sándor Horváth explores how Stalin-City and the socialist regime were built and stabilized not only by the state but also by the people who came there with hope for a better future. By focusing on the everyday experiences of citizens, Horváth considers the contradictions in the Stalinist policies and the strategies these bricklayers, bureaucrats, shop girls, and even children put in place in order to cope with and shape the expectations of the state. Stalinism Reloaded reveals how the state influenced marriage patterns, family structure, and gender relations. While the devastating effects of this regime are considered, a convincing case is made that ordinary citizens had significant agency in shaping the political policies that governed them"--Provided by publisher
Notes Partially based on 2004 dissertation entitled A kapu és a határ, mindennapi Sztálinváros
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject City and town life -- Hungary -- Dunaújváros -- History -- 20th century
Communism -- Social aspects -- Hungary -- Dunaújváros -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
City and town life
Communism -- Social aspects
Manners and customs
Politics and government
Social conditions
Social policy
SUBJECT Dunaújváros (Hungary) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Dunaújváros (Hungary) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Hungary -- Social policy
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063081
Subject Hungary
Hungary -- Dunaújváros
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Horváth, Sándor. Kapu és a határ, mindennapi Sztálinváros
LC no. 2016055324
ISBN 9780253026866
0253026865