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Czechoslovakia : twenty years of independence / chapters by Gerald Druce [and nineteen others] ; edited by Robert J. Kerner, professor of modern European history, University of California.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- United Nations series
- The United Nations series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Czechoslovakia--History--1918-1938.
- Czechoslovakia.
- Czechoslovakia--Social conditions.
- Czechoslovakia--Politics and government--1918-1938.
- Czechoslovakia--History.
- Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- Czechoslovakia--Civilization.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 504 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1940.
- Contents:
- Czecho-Slovakia, a poem / Edna St. V. Millay
- pt. I. Background. The Czechoslovaks : anthropological notes / Aleš Hrdlička
- The Czechoslovaks to 1620 / S.HarrisonThomson
- The Czechoslovaks from the Battle of White Mountain to the World War / Robert J. Kerner
- The World War, the revolution, and the Peace conference / Robert J. Kerner
- What Woodrow Wilson and America meant to Czechoslovakia / Herbert Adolphus Miller
- pt. II. Political and constitutional development. The historical roots of Czech democracy / Hans Kohn
- Constitutional and political structure / Malbone W. Graham
- Parties and politics / Malbone W. Graham
- Czechoslovakia and her minorities / Joseph S. Roucek
- The problem of Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia / Oscar Jászi
- pt. III. Economic, social, and cultural development. Agriculture and agrarian reform / Lucy E. Textor
- Czechoslovakia's economic development and achievements / Gerhard Schacher
- Social reform and social legislation / Brackett Lewis
- Humanitarian progress / Herbert Adolphus Miller
- The religious situation in Czechoslovakia / Matthew Spinka
- Education in a democracy / Francis H. Stuerm
- Czechoslovakia's contributions to science / Gerald Druce
- Czechoslovak music, art, and literature / Jaroslav E. Vojan
- pt. IV. Foreign relations. Diplomatic origins and foreign policy / Felix John Vondracek
- The Little Entente and the Balkan Entente / Harry Nichols Howard
- pt. V. The passing of Czechoslovakia. Hitler and Hitlerism / Henry Wickham Speed
- The road to Munich and beyond / Bernadotte E. Schmitt
- Czechoslovak democracy: was it worth while? / James T. Shotwell
- A prayer for tonight / Karel Čapek
- pt. VI. Chronology. Chronology / H.N. Howard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Entry number 4628 in Esther Jerabek's bibliography Czechs and Slovaks in North America.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Czechoslovakia.
- OCLC:
- 400023
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