The Czech Reader

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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 Bazant, Nina Bazantová, and Frances Starn, eds.

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