UID:
(DE-602)gbv_811778347
Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 309 p)
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ill., photographs, maps
ISBN:
1306554292
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9781306554299
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9780822977674
Series Statement:
Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Content:
Prague Panoramas examines the creation of Czech nationalism through monuments, buildings, festivals, and protests in the public spaces of the city during the twentieth century. These "sites of memory" were attempts by civic, religious, cultural, and political forces to create a cohesive sense of self for a country and a people torn by war, foreign occupation, and internal strife. The Czechs struggled to define their national identity throughout the modern era. Prague, the capital of a diverse area comprising Czechs, Slovaks, Germans, Poles, Ruthenians, and Romany as well as various religious g
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-296 and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Language; Introduction: Prague-Panoramas of History; Chapter 1: Preserving the National Past for the Future; Chapter 2: Art Meets Politics; Chapter 3: Generational Approaches to National Monuments; Chapter 4: World War I and the Jan Hus Jubilee; Chapter 5: Toppling Columns, Building a Capital; Chapter 6: Catholic Czech Nationalism in the Early 1920s; Chapter 7: Religious Heroes for a Secular State; Chapter 8: Modern Churches, Living Cathedrals; Chapter 9: National Heroes and Nazi Rule; Chapter 10: God's Warriors on Vítkov Hill
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Chapter 11: Rebuilding Bethlehem ChapelChapter 12: Old Symbols Oppose the New Regime; Chapter 13: Religious and National Symbols in Post-Communist Prague; Epilogue-New Times, New Monuments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1306554179
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822960355
Additional Edition:
Print version Prague Panoramas : National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century
Language:
English
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