Description
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the first of the vast popular uprisings in the countries of Eastern Bloc—the revolt of West Bohemian City of Pilsen against the currency reform on June 1, 1953. The text is the first complex critical monograph on this topic. In the methodological field the research is inspired by the theories of so-called new social movements. Therefore, the book frames the Pilsen revolt into the context of previous protest actions that had taken place in the examined region after the establishment of communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia. Thus, the text deals with all the conflicts occurred within the years 1948–1953. This method enables the author to study several protest cultures which operated on a long-term base in various parts of the society and which—each of them in a different way—affected the course of the Pilsen revolt. So, the work provides not only the detailed critical description of June 1953 events but also their cultural genealogy.
Table of ContentsList of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms
Introduction
1. Public Protests in Pilsen in the Years 1948−1949
2. Worker Strikes at the Škoda Works in 1949–1953
3. Pilsen Strikes and Protests on 1 June 1953
Conclusion
List of Archive Fonds and Abbreviations
Bibliography
Name Index
About the Author
