The Czech Reader

History, Culture, Politics
Herausgeber: Bazant, Jan; Starn, Frances; Bazantová, Nina

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Produktbeschreibung

Introduces the history, culture, and politics of the Czech people through more than 150 primary texts and images.

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Produktdetails

• The World Readers
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9780822347941
• ISBN-10: 0822347946
• Artikelnr.: 30364720

Autorenporträt

Jan Baant is a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy in Prague. He was previously director of the Institute for Classical Studies. Nina Baantová is an art historian and former curator of historical textiles at the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague. Frances Starn is a writer living in Berkeley, California.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xv
Guide to Pronunciation xvii
Introduction 1
I. Between Myth and History (The Premyslid Dynasty) 7
II. Navel of the Earth (Charles IV, 1316-1378) 31
III. Against Everyone (Hussite Revolution) 47
IV. Struggles for City, Court, Country (Vladislav II-Rudolph II) 67
V. Defeated Protestants, Victorious Catholics (Ferdinand II-Charles VI) 83
VI. From the Enlightenment to Romantic Nationalism (Maria Teresa-Revolution
of 1848) 111
VII. Defeated Politicians, Victorious Intellectuals (1848-1867) 145
VIII. From National Self-Determination to Cosmopolitanism (1867-1918) 187
IX. The First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) 239
X. Between Hitler and Stalin (1938-1948) 295
XI. "Ideal" Socialism (1948-1968) 335
XII. "Real" Socialism (1968-1989) 385
XIII. The Decades after the Velvet Revolution (1989-) 463
Epilogue 503
Suggestions for Further Reading 507
Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources 521
Index 529