LEADER 04704nam 2200769 450 001 9910797721603321 005 20230117151744.0 010 $a0-19-934274-1 010 $a0-19-934273-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000529653 035 $a(EBL)4310790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001582137 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16257167 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001582137 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14849115 035 $a(PQKB)11088152 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4310790 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4310790 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11138629 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL875871 035 $a(OCoLC)935259006 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000529653 100 $a20160120h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVelvet revolutions $ean oral history of Czech society /$fMiroslav Vane? and Pavel Mu?cke ; photographs by Jindr?ich Streit 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 0 $aOxford oral history series Velvet revolutions 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-934272-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements: 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 Jindr?ich S?treit -- Appendix 2: Our Narrators. 330 $a"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. 330 2 $a"The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 brought about the collapse of the authoritarian communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia, marking the beginning of the country's journey towards democracy. Though the political leaders of the Velvet Revolution have spoken about the transition to democracy, ordinary people's experiences have largely gone untold. In Velvet Revolutions, Miroslav Vane?k and Pavel Mu?cke shine a light on everyday men and women who lived under so-called "real socialism", exploring how their values changed after the 1989 collapse. Based on 300 oral history interviews, noted Czech historians Vane?k and Mu?cke give voice to everyone from farmers to managers, service workers to marketing personnel, manual laborers to members of the armed forces. Compelling and intimate, these grassroots histories touch upon the experience--and absence--of freedom, the value of family and friends, education and work, how people enjoyed their free time, participated in politics, and perceived foreign nations. Data from opinion polls conducted between 1970 and 2013 inform the book's analysis, offering for the first time in English a well-rounded view of the ways popular thought, trends, and attitudes changed as Czech society made the transition from Communism to democracy. From this rich foundation, Velvet Revolutions builds a multi-layered account of Czech history before 1989 and during the often difficult democratic transformation"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aOral history$zCzech Republic 606 $aInterviews$zCzech Republic 606 $aSocial change$zCzech Republic$xHistory 606 $aSocial values$zCzech Republic$xHistory 606 $aCommunism$xSocial aspects$zCzechoslovakia$xHistory 606 $aPost-communism$zCzech Republic$xHistory 607 $aCzechoslovakia$xHistory$y1945-1992 607 $aCzech Republic$xHistory$y1993- 607 $aCzech Republic$xSocial conditions 607 $aCzechoslovakia$xHistory$yVelvet Revolution, 1989$xInfluence 615 0$aOral history 615 0$aInterviews 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial values$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunism$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aPost-communism$xHistory. 676 $a943.7043 686 $aHIS012000$aHIS037070$aHIS031000$2bisacsh 700 $aVane?k$b Miroslav$f1961-$01550687 702 $aMu?cke$b Pavel 702 $aS?treit$b Jindr?ich$f1946- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797721603321 996 $aVelvet revolutions$93809673 997 $aUNINA