This original collection offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of the Czech lands from the time of the rise of the Premyslide dynasty in the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989. The pieces, commissioned especially for this volume, are written by prominent scholars almost all teaching and researching in the present-day Czech Republic. Apart from eleven historical essays along socio-political times there are four contributions which focus broadly on the arts, sciences and education, emphasising ...
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This original collection offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of the Czech lands from the time of the rise of the Premyslide dynasty in the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989. The pieces, commissioned especially for this volume, are written by prominent scholars almost all teaching and researching in the present-day Czech Republic. Apart from eleven historical essays along socio-political times there are four contributions which focus broadly on the arts, sciences and education, emphasising political, economic and other aspects. Two further essays consider the worlds of the university and of science in the period 1800-1914, and 1800-1930 respectively. The co-existence and encounters between Czechs and Germans embedded in Czech history are emphasised throughout the book, while the conflicts between the two nationalities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are examined in a separate chapter. Lastly, pursuing the 'ethnic' theme, there are essays on both the little-explored question of Czech-Jewish relations and on the sensitive Czech-Slovak question.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has rubbing, top and bottom have mild wrinkling. Cloth/boards excellent. Pages are clean and bright, edges likewise except light smudging to top edge. Binding is solid. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 408 p. Contains: Halftones, Maps. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket in Very Good jacket. Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; hard cover shows only a small tap at the top left rear corner and modest shelfwear at spine heel; dust jacket bears small wrinkles at the top left rear corner and lighter crimps at spine ends, otherwise well-kept. xvii, 389pp. incl. index.
