Balázs György (szerk.): The abolition of serfdom and its impact on rural culture, Guide to the Exhibition Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Revolution and War if Independence of 1848-49 (Budapest-Szentendre, Museum of Hungarian Agriculture-Hungarian Open-Air Museum, 1998.)

Part of a smoky kitchen shackles of convention and rural culture. Those without means had to rest satisfied with the traditional way of life and customs. Smallholders with five to ten holds of land preserved the traditional rural culture and way of life, and lived under the old contstraints. It was only after several decades that they could get rid of customs inherited from past generations, the old routine of life, and the traditional ways of farming. Modern life demanded not only aptitude, resourcefulness, and erudition, but also breaking with the 20