The Social Changes of Szolnok County in the Period of Socialist Industrialization

Abstract

The study gives a brief overview of the first two decades of the socialist era in Szolnok County. The study focuses on the social consequences of industrialisation, presenting data and examples of socialist industrialisation in the county and its main objective to transform society. In addition to the events in Szolnok County, the author illustrates the social changes through the example of Jászberény, the most industrialised town in the region. The study summarises the results of the author’s archival research conducted in Budapest, at the National Archives of the Hungarian National Archives, and in Szolnok, at the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Archives of the Hungarian National Archives.