The Pilsen Revolt of 1953

Jakub Šlouf

doi:10.5771/9781793646460

Summary

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.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4645-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4646-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 286
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms No access
1. Theoretical Models for Analyzing Various Forms of Collective Protests within a Socialist Regime No access
2. Protest as a Public Presentation of Alternative Authority Caused by Moral Shock No access
3. Notes No access
1. Pro-American Demonstrations, May 5–6, 1948 No access
2. Student Protests during the State Funeral for President Edvard Beneš on September 8, 1948 No access
3. Notes No access
1. Workers’ Attitude toward the Communist Party in 1945–1948 No access
2. Consequences of the Implementation of the First Five-Year Plan No access
3. Workers’ Response to Increased Productivity Demands No access
4. Crisis in the Functioning of Lower Party Authorities at the Factory No access
5. Consequences of the Trial of Hanuš Lomský, Regional Secretary of the Communist Party No access
6. Political Conflicts in the Factory No access
7. Strikes No access
8. Notes No access
1. The Currency Reform No access
2. Protests on June 1, 1953 No access
3. Causes of the Gradual Escalation of Protests No access
4. Actions of Law Enforcement No access
5. Actions of the Party Apparatus and the Communist Party’s Evening Rally No access
6. The Completion of the Currency Exchange and the Decrease of Tension in Society No access
7. The Continuation of Strikes on June 2–4, 1953 No access
8. Trials of Protesters No access
9. Age and Occupational Structure of the Protesters No access
10. Extrajudicial Persecution of the Protesters at Work and School No access
11. Statistical Investigation into the Causes of the Strike at the V. I. Lenin Factories No access
12. Forced Eviction of Certain Groups in Pilsen No access
13. Assigning Personal Responsibility in the Party and Security Apparatus No access
14. Notes No access
Conclusion No access Pages 253 - 266
List of Archive Fonds and Abbreviations No access Pages 267 - 270
Bibliography No access Pages 271 - 280
Name Index No access Pages 281 - 284
About the Author No access Pages 285 - 286