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Jakub Slouf, Lucie Mikolajkova (TRN) Pilsen Revolt of 1953

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Lexington Books

2022

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This 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 of 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 19481953. This method enables the author to study several protest cultures which operated on a long-term base in various parts of the society and whicheach of them in a different wayaffected the course of the Pilsen revolt.

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