Haos printre rafturi. Aprovizionarea cu produse alimentare a populației orașului Cluj în primul deceniu postbelic
Chaos on the Shelves. The Food Supply in Cluj During the First Postwar Decade
Author(s): Mara MărgineanSubject(s): Public Administration, Local History / Microhistory, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Cluj; foodstuff; communism; industrialization; nutrition;
Summary/Abstract: This article investigates the way local authorities have distributed foodstuff to the population in the 1950s. Using research on quality of life conducted prior and immediately after World War II, I am comparing official projections on everyday standards with the nutrition practices of urban employees. On the one hand, I am highlighting the reaction of local administrations towards emerging of marginal practices - theft or „blat” – as a result of chronic difficulties in obtaining food through legal ways. On the other hand, I am illustrating the way bureaucratic asperities had emerged as a result of the conflicting provisions of the planned economy opened up the way towards a higher decisional visibility of the local producers. This research is based on archival materials and press articles.
Journal: Historia Urbana
- Issue Year: XXIV/2016
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 147-163
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Romanian
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