The events of 1989 turned the Communist era in Eastern Europe into history. In the decades since, historians have gained unprecedented access to formerly closed archives and libraries. Using this new material, they have begun to rewrite the history of Communist Eastern Europe, delving into a wide range of new topics that explore the complex interactions between regime and society, including the experiences of factory workers (male and female), the response to ecological devastation, the experience of urbanization, consumption policies and practices, the politics of 1970s television, and apolitical young people more interested in music than in ideology. But most textbooks that deal with the Communist era in Eastern Europe are still narrowly focused on high politics and macroeconomic indicators. thsi book provides a new narrative of the history of Communist Eastern Europe that incorporates the insights of new research on this era, merging the political and economic history that has dominated most textbooks on this topic with social, cultural, and gender history. | Communism In Eastern Europe by Melissa Feinberg, Paperback | Indigo Chapters