Noble nationalists
Subtitle: the transformation of the Bohemian aristocracy
By: Eagle Glassheim.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Nobility -- Czech Republic -- History; Nationalism -- Czech Republic -- History; Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1848-1918; Czech Republic -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: "This illuminating study examines the dramatic transformation of Bohemian noble identity from the rise of mass politics in the late nineteenth century to the descent of the Iron Curtain after World War II. This book offers valuable insights on the nationalization of a conservative political elite, as well as on the national and social revolutions that recast Central Europe in the first half of the twentieth century."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-293) and index.