After World War II, a new community of elite emerged in Hungary, in spite of the communist principles espoused by the government. In Luxury and the Ruling Elite

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 an

"An archivally based exploration of the everyday life in Hungary's communist apparatus class after 1956, this book covers consumption, mobility, and leisure. P�

In 1956, Hungarian workers joined students on the streets to protest years of wage and benefit cuts enacted by the Communist regime. Although quickly suppressed

A complex array of individual responses to the abuse of power by the state is represented in this book in three horrific episodes in the history of East-Central