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Book SynopsisBringing together leading scholars from across the UK, North America and mainland Europe, this book provides a uniquely comparative exploration of daily life under dictatorship in 20th-century Europe. With coverage of well-known regimes and some that are relatively underrepresented in the literature from right across the continent, it examines the impact felt on people's lives amidst political administrations characterised by some or all of the following: a one-party state, in which opposition or multiple parties were banned; a cult surrounding the leader; the censorship of the press and other publications; the widespread use of propaganda and political persuasion; and the threat or use of force by the regime and its agents.The chapters investigate crucial questions in relation to life under dictatorships as follows: What was the impact of censorship on access to news or entertainment? How was leisure time conducted? What was the impact of the regime on working
Trade ReviewLisa Pine’s latest edited volume will prove to be invaluable for scholars and students interested in the history of everyday life in dictatorships in Western and Eastern Europe. The transnational, comparative approach illuminates the diverse responses of ordinary citizens to these regimes, and the ways in which individuals conformed to, accommodated or evaded state control. With nuanced analysis of daily life in diverse societies, the chapters in this cohesive volume offer an extraordinary glimpse into the social and cultural history of coercion, consent, and dissent in some of the most violent regimes of the twentieth century. * Jason Crouthamel, Professor of History, Grand Valley State University, USA *
This is an important book. Lisa Pine has assembled a fine team of historians to recreate the ebb and flow of daily life in such dictatorships as Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union, Salazar's Portugal, or Ceausescu’s Romania. Packed with fascinating material and drawing on a wide array of sources, the chapters included here demonstrate how ordinary people built love-hate relationships with authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, both at the left and the right of the political spectrum, which kept them under strict surveillance and constantly deprived them of many personal and collective rights. This is an essential reading for all those interested in the history and politics of twentieth-century Europe. * Marius Turda, Professor, Oxford Brookes University, UK *
Wide rangeing and ably constructed, this important collection provides multiple insights not only on the character of dictatorships, but also on social change in twentieth century Europe. The inclusion of Communism and Fascism invites readers to important comparisons. As Lisa Pine notes in her helpful conclusion, key elements included the length of the regime. * ?Jeremy Black, author of A History of Germany *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction,
Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK) 1. Everyday Life in Fascist Italy,
Kate Ferris (University of St Andrews, UK) 2. Daily Life in Hitler’s Germany,
Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK) 3. Life in Franco’s Spain,
Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez (Trent University, Canada) 4. Salazar’s Portugal: Living ‘By Habit’ in an Authoritarian Regime,
António Costa Pinto (University of Lisbon, Portugal) and Duncan Simpson (University of Lisbon, Portugal) 5. Transnational Totalitarianism and the Building of a New Public Consciousness in Karlis Ulmanis’s Latvia,
Jordan T. Kuck (Brevard College, USA) 6. Everyday Life in the Soviet Union under Stalin,
Kees Boterbloem (University of South Florida, USA) 7. Life in Ceau?escu’s Romania,
Dennis Deletant (Georgetown University, USA) 8. Between Barbed Wire and Country Garden Idyll: Dictatorship and Everyday Life in the German Democratic Republic (GDR),
Stefan Wolle (GDR Museum, Germany) Conclusion,
Lisa Pine (London South Bank University, UK) Index
