Description
Book SynopsisChallenges of Modernity offers a broad account of the social and economic history of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century and asks critical questions about the structure and experience of modernity in different contexts and periods.
This volume focuses on central questions such as: How did the various aspects of modernity manifest themselves in the region, and what were their limits? How was the multifaceted transition from a mainly agrarian to an industrial and post-industrial society experienced and perceived by historical subjects? Did Central and Eastern Europe in fact approximate its dream of modernity in the twentieth century despite all the reversals, detours and third-way visions? Structured chronologically and taking a comparative approach, a range of international contributors combine a focus on the overarching problems of the region with a discussion of individual countries and societies, offering the reader a comprehensive, nuanced survey of
Table of Contents
Volume introduction Włodzimierz Borodziej, Stanislav Holubec and Joachim von Puttkamer Urban and rural development in Eastern Europe Błażej Brzostek and Ivana Dobrivojević Tomić Social structure, mobility and education Zsombor Bódy and Stanislav Holubec Transport, infrastructure and communication Luminița Gatejel and Jerzy Kochanowski Women between the public and private spheres Kateřina Lišková and Stanislav Holubec Population and family Stanislav Holubec and Béla Tomka Economic development Jerzy Łazor and Bogdan Murgescu Consumption and leisure in twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe Béla Tomka
