Velvet Revolutions: An Oral History of Czech Society - Couverture rigide

Vanek, Miroslav; Mücke, Pavel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199342725 ISBN 13 : 9780199342723

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2016

Synopsis

The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 brought about the collapse of the authoritarian communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia. It also marks the beginning of the country's journey towards democracy. This book examines what the values in so-called real socialism were, as well as how citizens' values changed after the 1989 collapse. In Velvet Revolutions, Miroslav Vanek and Pavel Mücke analyze and interpret 300 interviews on citizens' experience of freedom and its absence, the value of work, family and friends, education, relations to public sphere and politics, the experience of free time, and perception of foreigners and foreign countries. The interviewees are drawn from a wide range of professions, including manual workers, service workers, farmers, members of the armed forces, managers, and marketing personnel. All of the interviewees were at working age during the last twenty years of the communist regime and during the post-revolutionary transformation. From this rich foundation, the book builds a multi-layered view of Czech history before 1989 and during the subsequent period of democratic transformation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MV: director, Department of Oral History and Contemporary History, Charles University, Prague, and president, International Oral History Assocation
PM: lecturer, Department of Oral History and Contemporary History, Charles University, Prague

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199342725
• ISBN 13: 9780199342723
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Allemagne