Contents // Acknowledgments: The Privilege of Listening to the Voices of Memory be // INTRODUCTION 1 // 1 I WANT TO BE FREE! CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 15 // 2 TRANSFORMING THE FAMILY IN SOCIALISM 43 // 3 FRIENDS AND OTHERS: How Czechs Evaluate Foreigners and Foreign Countries 69 // 4 EDUCATION—GATEWAY TO SUCCESS 89 // 5 FROM MANDATORY EMPLOYMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT // 6 THE MEANING OF FREE TIME: Work, Family, and Leisure // 7 US AND THEM 169 CONCLUSION 199 // Appendix 1 : Photographs by Jindrich Streit 205 // Appendix 2: Our Narrators 207 // Notes 219 // Bibliography 239 // Index 245