Author: H. Gordon Skilling
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349214531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The book examines the history of Czechoslovakia in the seventy years since its founding by T.G.Masaryk. It analyses the profound changes which took place during the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, postwar liberation and communist rule, including both the Stalinist years, the Prague Spring of 1968 and the subsequent period of normalization to 1988.
Czechoslovakia 1918–88
Author: H. Gordon Skilling
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349214531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The book examines the history of Czechoslovakia in the seventy years since its founding by T.G.Masaryk. It analyses the profound changes which took place during the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, postwar liberation and communist rule, including both the Stalinist years, the Prague Spring of 1968 and the subsequent period of normalization to 1988.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349214531
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
The book examines the history of Czechoslovakia in the seventy years since its founding by T.G.Masaryk. It analyses the profound changes which took place during the First Republic, the Nazi occupation, postwar liberation and communist rule, including both the Stalinist years, the Prague Spring of 1968 and the subsequent period of normalization to 1988.
The Little Czech and the Great Czech Nation
Author: Ladislav Holy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521555845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
When Ladislav Holy precipitately left Czechoslovakia for the UK in 1968 he was already one of the leading anthropologists in Central Europe. In the following decades he made important field studies in Africa. Since 1986 he has been engaged in research in the Czech Republic, and he brings to this timely study of national identity the skills of a seasoned researcher, a cosmopolitan perspective, and the insights of an insider. Drawing on historical and literary sources as well as ethnography, he analyses Czech discourses on national identity. He argues that there were specifically 'Czech' aspects to the communist regime and to the 'velvet revolution', and paying particular attention to symbolic representations of what it means to be Czech, he explores how notions of Czech identity were involved in the debates surrounding the fall of communism, and the emergence of a new social system.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521555845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
When Ladislav Holy precipitately left Czechoslovakia for the UK in 1968 he was already one of the leading anthropologists in Central Europe. In the following decades he made important field studies in Africa. Since 1986 he has been engaged in research in the Czech Republic, and he brings to this timely study of national identity the skills of a seasoned researcher, a cosmopolitan perspective, and the insights of an insider. Drawing on historical and literary sources as well as ethnography, he analyses Czech discourses on national identity. He argues that there were specifically 'Czech' aspects to the communist regime and to the 'velvet revolution', and paying particular attention to symbolic representations of what it means to be Czech, he explores how notions of Czech identity were involved in the debates surrounding the fall of communism, and the emergence of a new social system.
The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe
Author: Karen Dawisha
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521599382
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of post-communist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The authors analyse the patterns of post-communist democratization in these countries, paying particular attention to the process of party formation, electoral politics, the growth of civil society, and the impact of economic reform on the emergence of interest groups. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post-communist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521599382
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Edited by two of the world's leading analysts of post-communist politics, this book brings together distinguished specialists on the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The authors analyse the patterns of post-communist democratization in these countries, paying particular attention to the process of party formation, electoral politics, the growth of civil society, and the impact of economic reform on the emergence of interest groups. Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott provide theoretical and comparative chapters on post-communist political development across the region. This book will provide students and scholars with detailed analysis by leading authorities, plus the latest research data on recent political and economic developments in each country.
The Czech Republic
Author: Rick Fawn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135287295
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Czechoslovakia has captured the nation's imagination throughout the twentieth century. The Allied betrayal of the country to Nazi Germany in 1938 was to demonstrate the appalling consequences of naive appeasement of aggression. The wholesale reform of Soviet communism in the Prague Spring of 1968 won western support, and sympathy when it was crushed by Warsaw Pact tanks. The fierce communist regime thereafter was brought down almost magically in 1989. Czechoslovakia added to the international political vocabulary the term, 'Velvet Revolution', and the velvet metaphor has characterised much of the country's path-breaking postcommunist transformation and its peaceful break-up in 1993. In separate chapters on history, politics, economics, foreign relations and the new Czech identity, this book not only applauds the successes of the Czech Republic since 1993, but also uncovers the frayed edges of the velvet nation.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135287295
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Czechoslovakia has captured the nation's imagination throughout the twentieth century. The Allied betrayal of the country to Nazi Germany in 1938 was to demonstrate the appalling consequences of naive appeasement of aggression. The wholesale reform of Soviet communism in the Prague Spring of 1968 won western support, and sympathy when it was crushed by Warsaw Pact tanks. The fierce communist regime thereafter was brought down almost magically in 1989. Czechoslovakia added to the international political vocabulary the term, 'Velvet Revolution', and the velvet metaphor has characterised much of the country's path-breaking postcommunist transformation and its peaceful break-up in 1993. In separate chapters on history, politics, economics, foreign relations and the new Czech identity, this book not only applauds the successes of the Czech Republic since 1993, but also uncovers the frayed edges of the velvet nation.
Czechoslovakia Between Stalin and Hitler
Author: Igor Lukes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195102665
Category : Czechoslovakia
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A diplomatic history of events leading up to the Munich crisis in 1938 in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland. The book aims to integrate a full understanding of the Czech role with wider events.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195102665
Category : Czechoslovakia
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A diplomatic history of events leading up to the Munich crisis in 1938 in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland. The book aims to integrate a full understanding of the Czech role with wider events.
The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
Author: Patt Leonard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315480832
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1725
Book Description
This bibliography, first published in 1957, provides citations to North American academic literature on Europe, Central Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic States and the former Soviet Union. Organised by discipline, it covers the arts, humanities, social sciences, life sciences and technology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315480832
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1725
Book Description
This bibliography, first published in 1957, provides citations to North American academic literature on Europe, Central Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic States and the former Soviet Union. Organised by discipline, it covers the arts, humanities, social sciences, life sciences and technology.
Czechoslovakia: Crossroads and Crises, 1918–88
Author: Norman Stone
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781349106462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The essays are devoted to the four "eights" in Czech history: 1918, when the Republic was founded; 1938, when its western parts were handed over to Hitler; 1948, when the Communists took power; and 1968, when an effort to create "socialism with a human face" was crushed by Soviet tanks.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781349106462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The essays are devoted to the four "eights" in Czech history: 1918, when the Republic was founded; 1938, when its western parts were handed over to Hitler; 1948, when the Communists took power; and 1968, when an effort to create "socialism with a human face" was crushed by Soviet tanks.
Europe Since 1945
Author: Bernard A. Cook
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135179395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1572
Book Description
Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work of some 1,700 entries in two volumes. Its scope includes all of Europe and the successor states to the former Soviet Union. The volumes provide a broad coverage of topics, with an emphasis on politics, governments, organizations, people, and events crucial to an understanding of postwar Europe. Also includes 100 maps and photos.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135179395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1572
Book Description
Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work of some 1,700 entries in two volumes. Its scope includes all of Europe and the successor states to the former Soviet Union. The volumes provide a broad coverage of topics, with an emphasis on politics, governments, organizations, people, and events crucial to an understanding of postwar Europe. Also includes 100 maps and photos.
Eastern Europe Bibliography
Author:
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810827752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A selective work that documents the formative impact of the region's earlier history. Includes reference aids and bibliographies, general and descriptive histories of the land, peoples, and economies, and works depicting intellectual and cultural life.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810827752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A selective work that documents the formative impact of the region's earlier history. Includes reference aids and bibliographies, general and descriptive histories of the land, peoples, and economies, and works depicting intellectual and cultural life.
Czech Republic
Author: Vladk̕a Edmondson
Publisher: Oxford, England : CLIO Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Most entries of this revised edition are new as so much has been recently published on Czech affairs. All aspects of the country are covered in selective, critical annotations of pre-eminently English-language publications, making this an invaluale reference work for scholars, students and the general reader alike.
Publisher: Oxford, England : CLIO Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Most entries of this revised edition are new as so much has been recently published on Czech affairs. All aspects of the country are covered in selective, critical annotations of pre-eminently English-language publications, making this an invaluale reference work for scholars, students and the general reader alike.