Culture and Customs of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

by Craig Cravens

The Czech Republic is a red-hot European destination, and the charms of Slovakia are slowly being discovered by Westerners as well. The two countries share fundamental similarities in language and culture, but they never really managed to create a common national Czechoslovak identity, after being merged in 1918 when the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed. With the lifting of the Iron Curtain in 1989 through the Velvet Revolution and the final breakup...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313334129
• ISBN13: 9780313334122
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"