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The Making of a Socialist Night: Society, Imagination and Everyday Life in Czechoslovakia 1945-1960 book cover

1st Edition

The Making of a Socialist Night Society, Imagination and Everyday Life in Czechoslovakia 1945-1960

By Lucie Dusková Copyright 2026
274 Pages
by Central European University Press

Is there such a thing as a socialist night? And if so, what characterises it? What does it look like, what meanings are attached to it, who inhabits it, and what activities take place within it? In answering these questions, this book takes the reader on a journey through the mental world of post-war Czechoslovak society, the glamour and misery of Czechoslovak cities at night, and the lives and... Read more

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Foreword

Introduction

PART 1: SYMBOLISM OF THE NIGHT IN POST-WAR CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Chapter 1: Night, Darkness and War

Chapter 2: Socialism as Light

PART 2: IMPERATIVES OF THE NIGHT

Chapter 3: Vigilance

Chapter 4: Working Night Shifts

PART 3: LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SPACE

Chapter 5: Street Lighting

Chapter 6: Neon Lighting

Chapter 7: Lights of Socialist Festivities

PART 4: LIVING IN THE NIGHT

Chapter 8: Having fun

Chapter 9: Wandering through the Night, Transgressing Rules

Conclusion: A Socialist Night?

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Lucie Dusková is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of History at Charles University. Her research brings together aspects of social and labour history in conversation with popular culture and economic history. Her current research focuses on conceptualising decent work in post-war Europe from a transnational perspective.

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