Business: Dead Soles
Business: Dead Soles
Author(s): Michael J. JordanSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Slovakia; socialism; shoes; market; 20 years after; Bata shoe company; Tomas Bata; Czechoslovakia; communist period; Partizanske; architectural history; Batovany; anti-Nazi uprising began in 1944; ZDA; communist; privatization; unemployment; transition;
Summary/Abstract: In Partizanske, Slovakia, a mighty producer of shoes under socialism, the free-market transition remains a work in progress. A TOL special report. Click here to see a slideshow about Partizanske. http://blogs.tol.org/slideshows/partizanske_slovakia_bata_shoe_town See more special coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain at our 20 Years After website: http://20years.tol.org/
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 11/03
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
