Bažant / Jan Bazant / Bažantová The Czech Reader

History, Culture, Politics
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9303-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 576 Seiten

Reihe: The World Readers

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bažant, Jan

Jan Bazant, Bazant

Bažantová, Nina

Starn, Frances

Kirk, Robin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.