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The intended audience includes readers at the graduate level in the fields of history, political science, and anthropology, general readers interested in the history of communism. It is hoped that research questions inspire new research for exploring convergent and divergent elements in social transformation in former communist countries.
Sommario
1. Introduction. Perspectives, Realms of Experience, and the Horizons of the Future 2. The End of the War-The Beginning of Sovietization: "Land Reform," the Crippling of the Church, and the Breaking of the Traditional Elites (1945-1948) 3. Class Warfare in the Hungarian Village (1948-1956): An Experiential History of the First Wave of Forced Collectivization 4. The Revolution of 1956 and the Second Wave of Forced Collectivization (1959-1961) 5. The Two Pillars of Anti-Rural Policy: Welfare Programs and Settlement Initiatives 6. The Socialist Village: The Long-Term Consequences of Collectivization 7. Our Conclusions
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Gábor Csikós (1985): Psychologist and Historian (PhD). Senior lecturer at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary Psychology Institute and research fellow at the Institute of History. His main research interest is the impact of historical traumas on mental health.
Gergely Krisztián Horváth (1974): Sociologist and Historian (PhD, habil) Senior research fellow at the Institute of History and head of the research in MTA Lendület 10 Generations Research Group. He focuses on long-term trends in social development. His latest book:
Wiens Anziehung (2022)
József Ö. Kovács (1960): Historian (DsC): Professor at PPKE and Scientific Director of the NAH. His main research interest is the Social History of Hungary in the 19th and 20th Centuries. His latest monograph -
A paraszti társadalom felszámolása - was published in 2012.
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The intended audience includes readers at the graduate level in the fields of history, political science, and anthropology, general readers interested in the history of communism. It is hoped that research questions inspire new research for exploring convergent and divergent elements in social transformation in former communist countries.
