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Magyar Monday: Könyvtárak

13 August, 2012

Libraries, book stock and readers were all on the up in the late 50’s Hungary:

libraries and regional trade unions.jpg
From Opapa’s graphic statistic guide to Hungary, 1950s.

from → Books, Budapest, From Opapa's Bookshelf, Hungary
3 Comments leave one →
  1. Anonymous permalink
    14 August, 2012 12:35 pm

    Commie propaganda!

    Reply
  2. a Diligent Observer permalink*
    16 August, 2012 7:31 pm

    I suspected as much, but I didn’t put in the research time to uncover competing statistics. Lazy posting, I must admit!

    Reply
  3. Anonymous permalink
    6 January, 2013 2:23 am

    Say what you will about its accuracy, but it’s a damn attractive graphic.

    Reply

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