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03896aam a2200529Ii 4500 001 7B37A7F2462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 161125t20182018enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781784539146 020 $a 1784539147 035 $a (OCoLC)964379839 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CDX $d LSD $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d EAU $d OCLCA $d GUA $d UAB $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 043 $a e-cs--- 050 4 $a DB2218 $b .K7313 2018 082 04 $a 943.704 $2 23 100 1 $a Krakovsky, Roman, $e author. 240 10 $a Reinventer le monde. $l English 245 10 $a State and society in communist Czechoslovakia : $b transforming the everyday from World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall / $c Roman Krakovsky. 264 1 $a London : $b I.B. Tauris, $c 2018. 300 $a xx, 323 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a International library of twentieth century history ; $v 104 500 $a Originally published in French by Publications de la Sorbonne. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 303]-315) and index. 505 0 $a 1. In the Land Where Tomorrow Was Already Yesterday -- 2. The Lord's Day, the Worker's Day -- 3. Constructing the Idea of the Common Good -- 4. Complaining, Talking about Yourself -- 5. 'One Day, Our Streets Will Be a Festival!' -- Conclusion. 520 $a Across Central and Eastern Europe after World War II, the newly established communist regimes promised a drastic social revolution that would transform the world at great pace and pave the way to a socialist future. Although many aspects of this utopian project are well known--fast-paced industrialization, collectivisation and urbanisation--the regimes even sought to transform the ways in which their citizens interacted with each other and the world around them. Using a unique analytical model based on anthropology, sociology, history and extensive archival research, award-winning scholar Roman Krakovsky considers the Czechoslovakian attempt to 'reinvent the world'--in this all-encompassing way. Ranging from World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall, his innovative analysis considers the impact of Stakhanovism, the impossible-to-achieve production targets intended to assert socialism's future potential; the attempt to replace Sunday's Christian attributes with socialist ones; and the profound changes brought about to the public and private spheres, including the culture of informing and the ways this was circumvented. Across a wide range of case studies Krakovsky demonstrates both the far-reaching extent of the communist vision and the inherent flaws and contradications that gradually destabilised it. This in-depth perspective is vital reading for all scholars of twentieth-century history and politics.--Page [4] of cover. 546 $a Translated from the French. 650 0 $a Communism $z Czechoslovakia $x History $y 20th century $v Case studies. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x Social conditions $y 1945-1992 $v Case studies. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x History $y 1945-1992 $v Case studies. 651 0 $a Czechoslovakia $x Politics and government $y 1945-1992 $v Case studies. 650 7 $a Gesellschaft $2 gnd 650 7 $a Staat $2 gnd 651 7 $a Tschechoslowakei $2 gnd 650 7 $a Communism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00870421 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a Czechoslovakia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01212490 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423765 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Higgins, Jennifer, $e translator. 830 0 $a International library of twentieth century history ; $v 104. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214014602.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B37A7F2462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search