Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
Contents:
Work -- School and education -- Culture, entertainment and leisure -- Consumerism -- The Communist Party -- 1968 and "normalization" -- Normalization after the events of 1968 -- Religion -- Roma policy -- Examining memory -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"During the Cold War, the West tended to view communism as a monolithic phenomenon, with little variation throughout the Eastern Bloc. Yet culture and geography contributed to social diversity among and within communist systems. Drawing on interviews with nearly 100 Czechs and Slovaks, the author provides new perspective on day-to-day life in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic"-- Provided by publisher.
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