Pilsen Revolt of 1953 - Kindred By Currency

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 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.

List of contents

List 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

About the author

Jakub Šlouf is a member of the Czech National Archives Editorial Board and editor of the journal Securitas Imperii.

Summary

This book examines the Pilsen revolt in Czechoslovakia in 1953, a confluence of several individual, mutually incompatible protests, through which different parts of society reacted to the currency reform using different cultural traditions. The author analyzes how each protest brought their own alternative authorities into public space.

Product details

• Authors: Jakub ¿Louf, Jakub Slouf, Jakub Šlouf
• Assisted by: Lucie Mikolajkova (Translation), Lucie Mikolajková (Translation)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781793646453
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-645-3
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russia, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Far-left political ideologies and movements, c 1950 to c 1959, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, C 1945 To C 1960, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, HISTORY / Russia / General