Prague panoramas
Subtitle: national memory and sacred space in the twentieth century
By: Cynthia Paces.
Series: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822960355; 9780822943754
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prague : panoramas of history; title: Preserving the national past for the future; title: Art meets politics; title: Generational approaches to national monuments; title: World War I and the Jan Hus Jubilee; title: Toppling columns, building a capital in revolutionary Prague; title: Catholic Czech nationalism in the early 1920s; title: Religious heroes for a secular state; title: Modern churches, living cathedrals; title: National heroes and Nazi rule; title: God's warriors on Vítkov Hill; title: Rebuilding Bethlehem Chapel; title: Old symbols to oppose the new regime; title: Religious and national symbols in post-communist Prague; title: Epilogue: New times, new monuments.