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Title: Historical Dictionary of the Czech State
Condition: New
EAN: 9780810856486
ISBN: 9780810856486
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 19/11/2009
Item Height: 226mm
Item Length: 149mm
Item Width: 31mm
Item Weight: 689g
Author: Jiri Hochman, Rick Fawn
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810856484
Description: Czechoslovakia has been at the center of some of the most difficult—and tragic—episodes of modern European history: its sacrifice to Nazi Germany at Munich; the Communist Coup of 1948; and the military crushing of the Prague Spring. It has also enacted momentous change almost magically, as in the peaceful overthrow of communism in 1989, and then the negotiated end to the country in 1992. Czechoslovak history has consequently produced enduring political metaphors for our times, such as the Velvet Revolution and Velvet Divorce. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Czech State has been thoroughly updated and greatly expanded. Featuring a chronology, introductory essay, appendix, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, this detailed, authoritative reference provides understandings of the Czechs as a people; the territory they inhabit; their social, cultural, political, and economic developments throughout history; and interactions with their neighbors and the wider world.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Book Series: Historical Dictionaries of Europe
Topic: Language & Reference
Release Year: 2009

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