A Tale of Two Villages
Coerced Modernization in the East European Countryside
1st Edition
Published on 10. May 2010
230 pages
978-963-386-007-6 (ISBN)
Description
This dramatic story of land and power from twentieth-century Eastern Europe is set in two extraordinary villages: a rebel village, where peasants fought the advent of Communism and became its first martyrs, and a model village turned forcibly into a town, Dictator Ceausescu's birthplace. The two villages capture among themselves nearly a century of dramatic transformation and social engineering, ending up with their charged heritage in the present European Union.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
1,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-963-386-007-6 (9789633860076)
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05/2010
Central European University Press
€125.50
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Content
List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1 The Argument Chapter 2 Two Villages Chapter 3 The Construction and Deconstruction of Rural Property Chapter 4 The Invention of Social Conflict Chapter 5 The Destruction and Replacement of the Elite Chapter 6 The Manipulation of Lifestyles Chapter 7 From the Dependent Peasant to the Citizen-Peasant: The Bases of a Rural Political Culture Chapter 8 Between the Past and the Future References Appendices Index
