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Working-class and Memory Policy in Post-Industrial Cities: Łódź, Poland, and Tampere, Finland, Compared

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  • Rek-Woźniak, Magdalena
  • Woźniak, Wojciech

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Łódź and Tampere share an industrial and political past. Part of the Russian empire, the cities became major textile hubs crucial for Tsarist industrial economy.1 The cities were also Red strongholds. Historically, they can be seen as socio-economic “experiments” and “islands of modernization” within largely rural societies. Since the 1980s (in case of Tampere) and the 1990s (in case of Łódź) both cities have undergone substantial social and economic transformations connected with the collapse or decline of traditional industries. How do the two cities choose to represent their working-class heritage today? This essay compares how city museums in Tampere and Łódź represent their working-class history in selective and contradictory ways.

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  • Rek-Woźniak, Magdalena & Woźniak, Wojciech, 2020. "Working-class and Memory Policy in Post-Industrial Cities: Łódź, Poland, and Tampere, Finland, Compared," International Labor and Working-Class History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 98, pages 5-21, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ilawch:v:98:y:2020:i::p:5-21_2
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