Czech-Americans in transition / edited by Clinton Machann. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Machann, Clinton.

Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Czech Americans--Texas--Ethnic identity--Congresses.

Czech Americans.

Czech Americans--Texas--History--Congresses.

Czech Americans--History--Congresses.

Czech Americans--Ethnic identity--Texas--Congresses.

Czech Americans--History--Texas--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 136 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Tex. : Eakin Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of papers is based on presentations made at the 1997 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences held July 12-13, 1997, the the Bell County Exposition Center in Belton, TX, in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary of the Slovonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas.

Contents:

"The Czech Ambassador's Address on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the SPJST" / Alexandr Vondra 1

"The Czech Republic and Czechs Abroad: Past, Present, and Future" / Zdenek Lycka 5

"A Brief History of the SPJST" / Leonard D. Mikeska 13

"Bohemian and Moravian Pioneers in Colonial America" / Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. 18

"The Czech-American Journalist: A Bridge Between the Old Country and the New" / Peter Bisek 28

"Genealogy: Building a Bridge to the Past" / Daniel Hrna 34

"Documenting Czech Immigrant Arrivals" / Leo Baca 38

"The Moravian Folk Song: The Best Means of Preserving Czech Culture in Texas" / Joseph N. Rostinsky 44

"The Czech Heritage Society of Texas and Bridges to the Czech Republic" / Robert Janak 50

"A Short History of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas and Description of Its Current Projects" / Clinton Machann 62

"Subject: Conversation with Czechoslovak President (Reports on T.G. Masaryk in the American Diplomatic Correspondence in Prague)" / Milada Polisenska 68

"Texas Czech: An Ethnolinguistic Study" / Ludmila Dutkova 76

"Toward a Biography of Thomas Capek (1861-1950): Sources, Life Sketch, and Biographical Models" / David Zdenek Chroust 97

"Czech-Americans: A Selected Bibliography of Publications in English," / Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr. 121.

Notes:

"This collection of papers is based on presentations made at the 1997 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences ... held July 12-13, 1997, at the Bell County Exposition Center in Belton, Texas, in conjunction with ... the 100th Anniversary of the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-585-35384-0