04704nam 2200769 450 991082663510332120230117151744.00-19-934274-10-19-934273-3(CKB)3710000000529653(EBL)4310790(SSID)ssj0001582137(PQKBManifestationID)16257167(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001582137(PQKBWorkID)14849115(PQKB)11088152(Au-PeEL)EBL4310790(CaPaEBR)ebr11138629(CaONFJC)MIL875871(OCoLC)935259006(MiAaPQ)EBC4310790(EXLCZ)99371000000052965320160120h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVelvet revolutions an oral history of Czech society /Miroslav Vaně and Pavel Mücke ; photographs by Jindřich StreitNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (265 p.)Oxford oral history series Velvet revolutionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-934272-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements: The Privilege of Listening to the Voices of Memory -- 1. I Want to be Free! : Civil and Political Rights -- 2. Transforming the Family in Socialism -- 3. Friends and Others : How Czechs Evaluate Foreigners and Foreign Countries -- 4. Education---Gateway to Success -- 5. From Mandatory Employment to Unemployment -- 6. The Meaning of Free Time : Work, Family, and Leisure -- 7. Us and Them -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Photographs by Jindřich Štreit -- Appendix 2: Our Narrators."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"--Provided by publisher.Oral historyCzech RepublicInterviewsCzech RepublicSocial changeCzech RepublicHistorySocial valuesCzech RepublicHistoryCommunismSocial aspectsCzechoslovakiaHistoryPost-communismCzech RepublicHistoryCzechoslovakiaHistory1945-1992Czech RepublicHistory1993-Czech RepublicSocial conditionsCzechoslovakiaHistoryVelvet Revolution, 1989InfluenceOral historyInterviewsSocial changeHistory.Social valuesHistory.CommunismSocial aspectsHistory.Post-communismHistory.943.7043HIS012000HIS037070HIS031000bisacshVaněk Miroslav1961-1721917Mücke PavelŠtreit Jindřich1946-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826635103321Velvet revolutions4121865UNINA