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Czechoslovakia

Title
Czechoslovakia / William V. Wallace.
ISBN
0429050542
0429706014
0429726023
0429746032
9780429050541
9780429706011
9780429726026
9780429746031
0367020688
9780367020682
Published
Milton : Routledge, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (408 pages)
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Biographical / Historical Note
William V. Wallace graduated in History at the University of Glasgow and in Czechoslovak Regional Studies at the University of London. He has visited Czechoslovakia several times since 1949 and has researched in its archives. He has also travelled and studied in the Soviet Union. In 1953-54 he lectured at the University of Pittsburgh and studied the history of Slavonic immigration into the United States. He has held lecturing appointments in the Universities of London, Aberdeen, and Durham, and is now Professor of History in the New University of Ulster, Coleraine. He has contributed to International Affairs, Slavonic Review, Journal of American Studies, etc.
Summary
Czechoslovakia only came into existence in 1918. But the history of the Czechs and Slovaks and the lands they inhabit goes back a long way. It is a history that is important for its own sake as well as for the legacy it gave the modern state and the understanding it brings to a study of present-day Czechoslovakia. It is also a history so rich in ma
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Wallace, Michael B. Czechoslovakia/h. Milton : Routledge, ©2019
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Nations of the modern world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Note on the Pronunciation of Czech and Slovak Names
Introduction
Book One
The Czech Lands 1849-1878
The Czech Lands 1878-1900
The Czech Lands 1900-1914
Slovakia 1849-1875
Slovakia 1875-1900
Slovakia 1900-1914
The Creation of the Czechoslovak State
Book Two
Establishing Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia in the 1920s
From the Wall Street Crash to Munich and Prague
The Resurrection of Czechoslovakia
From Liberation to Communism
Communist Czechoslovakia
Reform and Reaction 1968
Interlude
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