Streetscapes of War and Revolution - Prague, 19141920

"How did it feel to experience the Habsburg Empire's fall into war and revolution? Morelon reconstructs the sights, sounds and material culture of a city in turmoil. From imperial city to nation-state capital, she traces Prague's emerging place within the post-Versailles world order, and what this meant for its citizens"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. All Grey: Militarization in Urban Space; 2. Black-Yellow Surfaces: Austrian Patriotic Mobilization; 3. Shades of War: Absence and Presence on the Homefront; 4. Black Markets, Green Expeditions: Food Shortages and Growing Divisions; 5. Not Only Red: Street Protests, State Legitimacy and Social Justice; 6. The End of Darkness? Uncertainty and Revolution; Conclusion.

About the author

Claire Morelon is Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Manchester. She is the co-editor of Embers of Empire: Continuity and Rupture in the Habsburg Successor States after 1918 (2018). She has held research fellowships at the University of Oxford and the University of Padova.

Summary

How did it feel to experience the Habsburg Empire's fall into war and revolution? Morelon reconstructs the sights, sounds and material culture of a city in turmoil. From imperial city to nation-state capital, she traces Prague's emerging place within the post-Versailles world order, and what this meant for its citizens.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Morelon, Claire (University of Manchester) Morelon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009335300
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0933530-0
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult; Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Czech Republic, Prague, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I