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Informationen zum Autor Jan Bažant is a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy in Prague. He was previously director of the Institute for Classical Studies.Nina Bažantová 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. Klappentext "There is nothing comparable to "The Czech Reader." It makes a unique and highly valuable contribution to understanding the Czech interpretation of their own history, of who they are, and what historical events constituted them as a nation and a people."--Silvia Tomaskova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 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
