The Politics of Ethnic Survival: Germans in Prague, 1861-1914

by Gary B. Cohen

Book Overview

This book examines how one of Imperial Austria's principal ethnic conflicts, that between Czechs and Germans, developed in one of the major cities during the era of industrialization and urban growth. It shows how the inhabitants of Prague, the capital of Bohemia, constructed and articulated ethnic group loyalties and social solidarities over the course of the nineteenth century. The German-speaking inhabitants of the Bohemian capital developed a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557534047
• ISBN13: 9781557534040
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"