Increase Supply, Reduce Demand and Punish Severely: A Contextual History of Meat in Communist Poland

ISBN-13: 9783631825907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 326 str.

Maria Pasztor; Dariusz Jarosz

Opis

A monograph on the social history of meat in Poland under the Communist regime (1945-1989). The analysis includes, among other things, problems of meat demand and supply in post-war Poland, abuses in meat production and distribution, and the role of meat in the everyday life of Polish families.

Spis treści

Control over Meat in Communist Poland - Meat in a Shortage Economy - Meat as a Problem for Politicians: Increasing Supply, Reducing Demand, Punishment - The Mechanism of Fraud in Warsaw's Meat Economy - The Warsaw Meat Affair - Meat as a Problem for Ordinary People.

O autorze

Dariusz Jarosz is Professor of History at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. He specializes in the social history of Poland after 1945.

Maria Pasztor is Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Warsaw. She specializes in Polish relations with Western countries (mainly France and Italy).