1948 and 1968 Dramatic Milestones in Czech and Slovak History

Informationen zum Autor Laura Cashman is a Research Fellow in the Department of Central and East European Studies! University of Glasgow. Zusammenfassung This volume has been published to coincide with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history – the imposition of communist rule in 1948 and the doomed experiment to reform socialism which has come to be known as the Prague Spring of 1968. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Remembering 1948 and 1968: Reflections on Two Pivotal Years in Czech and Slovak History Laura Cashman 2. Dimensions of the Czechoslovak Crisis of 1967–1970 Vilem Precan 3. 1938 and 1968, 1939 and 1969, and the Philosophy of Czech History from Karel H. Macha to Jan Patocka Stefan Auer 4. New Research on February 1948 in Czechoslovakia Martin Myant 5. The Scheming Apparatchik of the Prague Spring Mary Heimann 6. French Responses to the Prague Spring: Connections, (Mis)perception and Appropriation Maud Bracke 7. The Prague Spring of Science: Czechoslovak Natural Scientists Reconsidering the Iron Curtain Riikka Nisonen-Trnka 8. The Limits of Thought?: The Regulatory Framework of Social Sciences and Humanities in Czechoslovakia (1968–1989) Libora Oates-Indruchova 9. Prelude to a Divorce? The Prague Spring as Dress Rehearsal for Czechoslovakia's 'Velvet Divorce' Scott Brown 10. The Normalisation Regime and its Impact on Slovak Domestic Policy after 1970 Juraj Marusiak 11. Criticism and Destiny: Kundera and Havel on the Legacy of 1968 Charles Sabatos

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• Authors: Laura Cashman, Laura (Canterbury Christ Church Canterbur Cashman
• Assisted by: Laura Cashman (Editor), Cashman Laura (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.2009
• EAN: 9780415499903
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49990-3
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia