Luxury and the Ruling Elite in Socialist Hungary – Villas, Hunts, and Soccer Ga…

Luxury and the Ruling Elite in Socialist HungaryVillas, Hunts, and Soccer Games\nAuthor(s): Gyrgy Majtnyi, Thomas Cooper\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253055927, 978-0253055927\nSynopsis\nAfter World War II, a new community of elite emerged in Hungary, in spite of the communist principles espoused by the government. In Luxury and the Ruling Elite in Socialist Hungary, Gyrgy Majtnyi allows us a peek inside their affluence.\n\n Majtnyi exposes the lavish standard of living that the higher echelon enjoyed, complete with pools, Persian rugs, extravagant furniture, servants, and groundskeepers. They shopped in private stores stocked with expensive meats and tropical fruits just for them. They benefited from access to everything from books, telephone lines, and international travel to hunting grounds, soccer games, and even the choicest cemetery plots. But Majtnyi also reveals the underbelly of such s.