Czech Reader - History, Culture, Politics

Informationen zum Autor Jan Bazant, Nina Bazantová, and Frances Starn, eds. Klappentext An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary materials never before published in English. Zusammenfassung Introduces the history! culture! and politics of the Czech people through more than 150 primary texts and images. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jan (EDT)/ Bazantova Bazant, Jan Bazantova Bazant
• Assisted by: Ba& (Editor), Jan Bazant (Editor), Nina Bazantova (Editor), Nina Bazantová (Editor), Frances Starn (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2010
• EAN: 9780822347798
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-4779-8
• No. of pages: 568
• Series: World Readers; The World Readers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Osteuropa, Regionalstudien, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, History - General History