Monografi e o vyvoji česke společnosti a postaveni dělnictva (1948–1960)
A Monograph on Developments in Czech Society and the Status of the Working Class, 1948–60

Summary/Abstract: Kaplan, Karel. Proměny česke společnosti 1948–1960, vol. 1. (Česka společnost po roce 1945, vol. 3.) Prague: Ustav pro soudobe dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 314 pp. The work under review is the first volume of a planned large monograph by the historian Karel Kaplan. The first three chapters are essentially a summary of his previous research, with an emphasis on its general application and the interrelationship of its various aspects. The second part, however, contributes much valuable new information, particularly about the status of the working class and trade unions, and adds importantly to, or corrects, the existing historical, sociological, and economic literature on the topic. The author, however, considers the situation of the workers mainly through the lens of the authorities, and with few exceptions does not describe the everyday life of this social class.

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