{"product_id":"9781784539146","title":"State and Society in Communist Czechoslovakia : Transforming the Everyday from WWII to the Fall of the Berlin Wall","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eState and Society in Communist Czechoslovakia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Roman Krakovsky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross 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 - such as fast-paced industrialisation, 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 an amalgam of anthropology, sociology, history and extensive archival research, award-winning scholar Roman Krakovsky here considers the Czechoslovakian attempt to 'reinvent the world' - 'time' and 'space' included - in this all-encompassing way. Ranging from WWII to the fall of the Berlin Wall, his innovative analysis variously 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.\u003cbr\u003eAcross a wide range of case studies Krakovsky demonstrates both the far-reaching extent of the communist vision and the inherent flaws and contradictions that gradually destabilised it. This in-depth perspective is vital reading for all scholars of twentieth century history and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781784539146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40698543309006,"sku":"9781784539146","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_052960eb-505d-4856-a503-a5f34c2d3794.jpg?v=1640492613","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781784539146","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}