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

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

The Everyday and Private Life of a Communist Ruling Class: Greed and Creed discusses the history of everyday life under state socialism and the ways in which po

The Communist Party dictatorships in Hungary and East Germany sought to win over the “masses” with promises of providing for ever-increasing levels of consu