Children of Communism: Politicizing Youth Revolt in Communist Budapest in the 1960s

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Sándor Horváth Thomas Cooper

Children of Communism

Politicizing Youth Revolt in Communist Budapest in the 1960s

Sándor Horváth, Thomas Cooper

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Indiana University Press
01 March 2022

Marxism & Communism; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Demonstrations & protest movements

Series: Studies in Hungarian History

As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the evening, sirens blared, teens were interrogated, and the myth of the most notorious juvenile gang in Budapest was born.

The origin of the Great Tree Gang became an elaborately cultivated morality tale of the dangers posed by allegedly rebellious youths to the conformity of communist communities. In time, governments across Cold War Europe manufactured similar stories about the threats posed by groups of unruly adolescents. In Children of Communism, Sandor Horvath explores this youth counterculture in the Eastern Bloc, how young people there imagined the West, and why this generation proved so crucial to communist identity politics. He not only reveals how communism shaped youth culture, but also how young people shaped official policy.

A fascinating read on the power of youth protest, Children of Communism shows what life was like for the first generation to have been born under communism and how one evening spent grieving rock and roll under a tree forever changed lives.

By: Sándor Horváth
Translated by: Thomas Cooper
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9780253059727
ISBN 10: 0253059720
Series: Studies in Hungarian History
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sándor Horváth is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Department for Contemporary History at the Institute of History in the Research Centre for the Humanities at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is author of Stalinism Reloaded: Everyday Life in Stalin-City and Hungary and founding editor of the Hungarian Historical Review.

Reviews for Children of Communism: Politicizing Youth Revolt in Communist Budapest in the 1960s

Relying on oral histories and other primary sources, Horvath explores how the Communist regime manipulated state-sponsored tabloid media during the trial to legitimize its own role as guardians of public safety and to portray the youth as social deviants who were instruments of Western-style decadence. . . . Highly recommended. -- C. P. Vesei * Choice *