Overview
- Series
- Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Series in Russian and East European studies. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2009]
©2009 - Locale
- Czech Republic
Prague
Prague (Czech Republic) - Contents
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Prague : panoramas of history
Preserving the national past for the future
Art meets politics
Generational approaches to national monuments
World War I and the Jan Hus Jubilee
Toppling columns, building a capital
Catholic Czech nationalism in the early 1920s
Religious heroes for a secular state
Modern churches, living cathedrals
National heroes and Nazi rule
God's warriors on Vítkov Hill
Rebuilding Bethlehem Chapel
Old symbols to oppose the new regime
Religious and national symbols in post-communist Prague
Epilogue: New times, new monuments. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prague : panoramas of history -- Preserving the national past for the future -- Art meets politics -- Generational approaches to national monuments -- World War I and the Jan Hus Jubilee -- Toppling columns, building a capital -- Catholic Czech nationalism in the early 1920s -- Religious heroes for a secular state -- Modern churches, living cathedrals -- National heroes and Nazi rule -- God's warriors on Vítkov Hill -- Rebuilding Bethlehem Chapel -- Old symbols to oppose the new regime -- Religious and national symbols in post-communist Prague -- Epilogue: New times, new monuments.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780822960355
0822960354
9780822943754
0822943751 - Physical Description
- xv, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- National monuments--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Sacred space--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Church buildings--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Collective memory--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Nationalism--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Political culture--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Historic preservation--Czech Republic--Prague--History--20th century. Prague (Czech Republic)--Buildings, structures, etc. Prague (Czech Republic)--Politics and government--20th century. Prague (Czech Republic)--Religion--20th century.
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