Everyday life under communism and after : lifestyle and consumption in Hungary, 1945-2000 /

By providing a survey of consumption and lifestyle in Hungary during the second half of the twentieth century, this book shows how common people lived during and after tumultuous regime changes. After an introduction covering the late 1930s, the study centers on the communist era and goes on to desc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Valuch, Tibor (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the Hungarian.
Published:	Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2021].
Subjects:	Hungary > Social life and customs > 20th century. Lifestyles > Hungary > History > 20th century. Social change > Hungary > History > 20th century. Consumption (Economics) > Hungary > History > 20th century. Hungary > Social conditions > 20th century. Hungary > Politics and government > 1945-1989. Hungary > Politics and government > 1989- Hungary > Economic conditions > 20th century. Hungary > History > 1945-

Table of Contents:

List of figures
List of tables
List of acronyms
Introduction
Chapter One The study of Hungarian everyday life: historiography,
methods, and concepts
Chapter Two Two hundred PengoÌ‹s a month, five hundred forints, two thousand forints...: financial circumstances, prices, wages, and income inequalities in everyday life
Chapter Three From plentiful privation to a consumer society: the changes and characteristics of consumer consumption
Chapter Four This is how we lived: housing conditions, usage of living space, and interior decoration
Chapter Five "Well-dressed and fashionable": changes in clothing styles, habits, and fashion
Chapter Six "We ate, we drank, we filled our stomachs": nutrition, eating, and dietary habits
Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.