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Prague : the heart of Europe / Cynthia Paces.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paces, Cynthia, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prague (Czech Republic)--History.
- Prague (Czech Republic).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This comprehensive political, social, and cultural history traces Prague's origins in the ninth century through the end of the Cold War. It highlights the complex culture of the city where Mozart premiered his magnificent Don Giovanni and where Franz Kafka wrote his foreboding tales.
- Contents:
- All this is Prague
- Foundations of Prague
- The imperial capital of Charles IV
- Faith and violence in Wenceslas IV's Prague
- Hussite wars and new dynasties
- Rudolphine Prague
- Revolt and defeat in Habsburg Prague
- Enlightened Prague
- Creating a Czech city
- Prague in a new century
- Prague During the Great War
- Capital of the republic
- Prague under Nazi rule
- Prague winter, Prague Spring
- Communism's gray zone
- Post-communist Prague.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 16, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-755485-7
- 0-19-755486-5
- 0-19-755484-9
- OCLC:
- 1499282072
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