Welcome from the Editors

Editorial| March 17 2023 Welcome from the Editors Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (2023) 7 (1): v–viii. https://doi.org/10.5325/libraries.7.1.v Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Welcome from the Editors. Libraries: Culture, History, and Society 17 March 2023; 7 (1): v–viii. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/libraries.7.1.v Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressLibraries: Culture, History, and Society Search Advanced Search In summer 1992, I, Bernadette, was an exchange student in Bratislava, in what was then Czechoslovakia. I had no ancestral connection to the region, hadn’t studied it at school, and didn’t know the language—but I was eager to see any part of Europe, and the American Field Service was offering a deep discount for anyone willing to enter a country that was in the process of splitting apart. Though I saw some of the Baroque architecture and artwork that drew me overseas, my most memorable experiences were of daily life in a place that had been heavily influenced by communism. My host family lived in a cement-block apartment, ate simple suppers at a neighborhood cafeteria, and wore the same clothes for several days in a row. Also, their home contained three shelves of yellowed paperbacks that had recently been moved to the parlor after having been kept for years in... You do not currently have access to this content.