Komunistický převrat v únoru 1948 a deformace spotřebního družstevnictví v letech 1948-19531

• Authors: Jan Slavíček

Title variants

EN

The  February 1948 communist coup and the deformation of consumer co-operatives in 1948-1953

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study focuses on the fundamental changes which took place in consumer co-operatives over the course of 1948–1953 as the result of “Victorious February” 1948. It looks at the original state of co-operatives during the First Republic and analyses how this changed during the war, the Third Republic and in particular following February 1948. It assesses the consequences these changes brought for co-operatives. Last but not least, it also looks at the role which KSČ expert in the field, Internal Trade Minister and head of the Central Co-operatives Council, Antonín Zmrhal, played in the process of “Gleichschaltungification” of consumer co-operatives. The study posits the core question of what part of the analysed changes (if any) would be possible without the February coup and establishment of the communist dictatorship.

Keywords

EN

history; 20th century; Czechoslovakia; communist coup; socialisation; consumer co-operatives

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 201-216
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jan Slavíček

• Moderní dějiny, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic