The Czech Reader: History, Culture, Politics

by Frances Starn, Robin Kirk, Jan Bažant

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822347946
• ISBN13: 9780822347941
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"