Lucie Dusková is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of History at Charles University. Her research brings together aspects of social and labour history in conversation with popular culture and economic history. Her current research focuses on conceptualising decent work in state-socialist and post socialist Czechoslovakia from a transnational persepective.

• PART 1: SYMBOLISM OF THE NIGHT IN POST-WAR CZECHOSLOVAKIA Chapter 1: Night, Darkness and War Chapter 2: Socialism as Light PART 2: IMPERATIVES OF THE NIGHT Chapter 3: Vigilance Chapter 4: Working Night Shifts PART 3: LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SPACE Chapter 5: Street Lighting Chapter 6: Neon Lighting Chapter 7: Lights of Socialist Festivities PART 4: LIVING IN THE NIGHT Chapter 8: Having fun Chapter 9: Wandering through the Night, Transgressing Rules Conclusion: A Socialist Night? Abbreviations Bibliography Index

Lucie Dusková is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of History at Charles University. Her research brings together aspects of social and labour history in conversation with popular culture and economic history. Her current research focuses on conceptualising decent work in state-socialist and post socialist Czechoslovakia from a transnational persepective.

• PART 1: SYMBOLISM OF THE NIGHT IN POST-WAR CZECHOSLOVAKIA Chapter 1: Night, Darkness and War Chapter 2: Socialism as Light PART 2: IMPERATIVES OF THE NIGHT Chapter 3: Vigilance Chapter 4: Working Night Shifts PART 3: LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SPACE Chapter 5: Street Lighting Chapter 6: Neon Lighting Chapter 7: Lights of Socialist Festivities PART 4: LIVING IN THE NIGHT Chapter 8: Having fun Chapter 9: Wandering through the Night, Transgressing Rules Conclusion: A Socialist Night? Abbreviations Bibliography Index

Lucie Dusková is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of History at Charles University. Her research brings together aspects of social and labour history in conversation with popular culture and economic history. Her current research focuses on conceptualising decent work in state-socialist and post socialist Czechoslovakia from a transnational persepective.

• PART 1: SYMBOLISM OF THE NIGHT IN POST-WAR CZECHOSLOVAKIA Chapter 1: Night, Darkness and War Chapter 2: Socialism as Light PART 2: IMPERATIVES OF THE NIGHT Chapter 3: Vigilance Chapter 4: Working Night Shifts PART 3: LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT SPACE Chapter 5: Street Lighting Chapter 6: Neon Lighting Chapter 7: Lights of Socialist Festivities PART 4: LIVING IN THE NIGHT Chapter 8: Having fun Chapter 9: Wandering through the Night, Transgressing Rules Conclusion: A Socialist Night? Abbreviations Bibliography Index