The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The World Readers)
ISBN-13:
9780822347941
ISBN-10:
0822347946
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Jan Bažant, Nina Bazantová, Frances Starn
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Duke University Press Books
Format:
Paperback
568 pages
Category:
European History
,
Human Geography
,
Social Sciences
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ISBN-13:
9780822347941
ISBN-10:
0822347946
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Jan Bažant, Nina Bazantová, Frances Starn
Publication date:
2010
Publisher:
Duke University Press Books
Format:
Paperback
568 pages
Category:
European History
,
Human Geography
,
Social Sciences
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The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The World Readers) (ISBN-13: 9780822347941 and ISBN-10: 0822347946), written by authors
Jan Bažant, Nina Bazantová, Frances Starn, was published by Duke University Press Books in 2010.
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The Czech Reader brings together more than 150 primary texts and illustrations to convey the dramatic history of the Czechs, from the emergence of the Czech state in the tenth century, through the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the Czech Republic in 1993, into the twenty-first century. The Czechs have preserved their language, traditions, and customs, despite their incorporation into the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Third Reich, and the Eastern Bloc. Organized chronologically, the selections in The Czech Reader include the letter to the Czech people written by the religious reformer and national hero Jan Hus in 1415, and Charter 77, the fundamental document of an influential anticommunist initiative launched in 1977 in reaction to the arrest of the Plastic People of the Universe, an underground rock band. There is a speech given in 1941 by Reinhard Heydrich, a senior Nazi official and Deputy Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, as well as one written by Václav Havel in 1984 for an occasion abroad, but read by the Czech-born British dramatist Tom Stoppard, since Havel, the dissident playwright and future national leader, was not allowed to leave Czechoslovakia. Among the songs, poems, folklore, fiction, plays, paintings, and photographs of monuments and architectural landmarks are “Let Us Rejoice,” the most famous chorus from Bedřich Smetana’s comic opera The Bartered Bride; a letter the composer Antonín Dvořák sent from New York, where he directed the National Conservatory of Music in the 1890s; a story by Franz Kafka; and an excerpt from Milan Kundera’s The Joke. Intended for travelers, students, and scholars alike, The Czech Reader is a rich introduction to the turbulent history and resilient culture of the Czech people.
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