Velvet revolutions : an oral history of Czech society

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Label

Velvet revolutions : an oral history of Czech society

Title remainder

an oral history of Czech society

Statement of responsibility

Miroslav Vanĕk and Pavel Mücke

Creator

• Vaněk, Miroslav, 1961-

Contributor

• Mücke, Pavel

Author

• Mücke, Pavel
• Vaněk, Miroslav, 1961-

Subject

• Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992
• Czechoslovakia -- History -- Velvet Revolution, 1989 -- Influence
• Interviews -- Czech Republic
• Oral history -- Czech Republic
• Post-communism -- Czech Republic -- History
• Since 1945
• Social change -- Czech Republic -- History
• Social values -- Czech Republic -- History
• Communism -- Social aspects -- Czechoslovakia -- History
• Czech Republic -- History -- 1993-
• Czech Republic -- Social conditions

Language

eng

Summary

• "This book investigates how values such as freedom, work, family, free time, and politics changed in Czech society in the two decades before and after the November 1989 Velvet Revolution"--Provided by publisher
• "The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 brought about the collapse of the authoritarian communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia, marking the beginning of the country's journey towards democracy. Though the political leaders of the Velvet Revolution have spoken about the transition to democracy, ordinary people's experiences have largely gone untold. In Velvet Revolutions, Miroslav Vanĕk and Pavel Mücke shine a light on everyday men and women who lived under so-called "real socialism", exploring how their values changed after the 1989 collapse. Based on 300 oral history interviews, noted Czech historians Vanĕk and Mücke give voice to everyone from farmers to managers, service workers to marketing personnel, manual laborers to members of the armed forces. Compelling and intimate, these grassroots histories touch upon the experience--and absence--of freedom, the value of family and friends, education and work, how people enjoyed their free time, participated in politics, and perceived foreign nations. Data from opinion polls conducted between 1970 and 2013 inform the book's analysis, offering for the first time in English a well-rounded view of the ways popular thought, trends, and attitudes changed as Czech society made the transition from Communism to democracy. From this rich foundation, Velvet Revolutions builds a multi-layered account of Czech history before 1989 and during the often difficult democratic transformation"--

Member of

• Oxford oral history series

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

943.704/3

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DB2227

LC item number

.V36 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Oxford oral history series