Velvet revolutions [electronic resource] : an oral history of Czech society / Miroslav Vanĕk and Pavel Mücke.

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vaněk, Miroslav, 1961- (Author)
Mücke, Pavel (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Series:Oxford oral history series
Subjects:
Oral history > Czech Republic.
Interviews > Czech Republic.
Social change > Czech Republic > History.
Social values > Czech Republic > History.
Communism > Social aspects > Czechoslovakia > History.
Post-communism > Czech Republic > History.
Czechoslovakia > History > 1945-1992.
Czech Republic > History > 1993-
Czech Republic > Social conditions.
Czechoslovakia > History > Velvet Revolution, 1989 > Influence.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Velvet Revolutions: An Oral History of Czech Society
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.