An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary materials never before published in English.
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
Jan Bazant, Nina Bazantová, and Frances Starn, eds.