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The Workers' State: Industrial Labor and the Making of Socialist Hungary, 1944-1958 (Pitt Russian East European)
Mark Pittaway
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Hardcover. A groundbreaking study of the complexities of the Hungarian working class, its relationship to the Communist Party, and its major political role during the foundational period of socialism (1944 1958)." Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
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 by Soviet forces, the uprising led to changes in party leadership and conciliatory measures that would influence labor politics for the next thirty years.
In The Workers' State, Mark Pittaway presents a groundbreaking study of the complexities of the Hungarian working class, its relationship to the Communist Party, and its major political role during the foundational period of socialism (1944-1958). Through case studies of three industrial centers—Ujpest, Tatabanya, and Zala County—Pittaway analyzes the dynamics ... Read more
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 by Soviet forces, the uprising led to changes in party leadership and conciliatory measures that would influence labor politics for the next thirty years.
In The Workers' State, Mark Pittaway presents a groundbreaking study of the complexities of the Hungarian working class, its relationship to the Communist Party, and its major political role during the foundational period of socialism (1944-1958). Through case studies of three industrial centers—Ujpest, Tatabanya, and Zala County—Pittaway analyzes the dynamics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822944201
SKU
V9780822944201
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99-10
About Mark Pittaway
Mark Pittaway was senior lecturer in European Studies at The Open University, London, and the author of Eastern Europe, 1939–2000.
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