TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maria Pasztor
AU  - Dariusz Jarosz
PY  - 2020
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2191-3528
SN  - 9783631835098
TI  - Increase Supply, Reduce Demand and Punish Severely
T2  - A Contextual History of Meat in Communist Poland
DO  - 10.3726/b17571
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1117731
N2  - A monograph on the social history of meat in Poland under the Communist regime (1945–1989). Based on an extensive archival research, which included the records of state institutions and the Communist party, the authors trace back the social and economic aspects of the production and circulation of meat in this period. They analyze, among other things, the problem political interventions into the meat economy in post-war Poland; abuses in meat trade, subjected to severe punishments including death; or the role of meat in the everyday life of Polish families. The dissatisfaction with shortages of meat products emerges as an immanent feature of Polish everyday life until 1989, often resulting in social unrest and becoming a popular theme of rumors and political jokes.
KW  - Social history, Everyday life, Communist Poland, Shortage economy, Meat Affair
LA  - English
ER  -