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History of the Czech Lands Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9788024622279, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2018
650 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 80 halftones, 23 colour maps, 8 tables
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Born January 1, 1993 after the split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Despite its youth, this new state and the areas just outside it...
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£40,00
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Studies of Homeric Greece
ISBN: PB: 9788024635613, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2018
320 pp., 23.5x16.5 cm, 8 colour plates, 16 halftones, 109 line drawings, 30 maps
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "Studies of Homeric Greece" is a comprehensive companion to the archaeology and history of Late Mycenaean to Geometric Greece and the koine of Early Iron Age Geometric styles in Europe and...
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£23,00
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Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia Life of K. Resler, Defense Councel Ex Officio of K. H. Frank
ISBN: PB: 9788024637303, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, July 2018
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this book, Czech lawyer and scholar Jakub Drapal tells the story of the life of Kamill Resler, an attorney who defended the most prominent Nazi tried in postwar Czechoslovakia: Karl Her...
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£19,00
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Materializing Identities in Socialist and Post-Socialist Cities
ISBN: PB: 9788024635903, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2018
180 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Following the so-called "Material Turn" of historiography, this book explores the materialization of identity in urban space – specifically in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Urban spaces...
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£15,00
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Exile in London The Experience of Czechoslovakia and the Other Occupied Nations, 1939-1945
ISBN: PB: 9788024637013, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2018
350 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! During World War II, London experienced not just the Blitz and the arrival of continental refugees, but also an influx of displaced foreign governments. Drawing together renowned historian...
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£20,00
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Small Towns in Europe in the 20th and 21st Centuries Heritage and Development Strategies
ISBN: PB: 9788024636450, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, March 2018
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Always in the shadow of their more famous urban neighbors, small towns are consistently overlooked in historical research, especially in Europe. This book investigates the ramifications of...
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£15,00
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Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia
ISBN: PB: 9788024635835, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2017
302 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic Across the whole of modern Czech history – from 1918, through World War II, and into the postwar years – ethnic and minority issues have been of the utmost prominence. Moreover, Czechoslova...
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£19,00
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Instability in the Middle East Structural Causes and Uneven Modernisation 1950-2012
ISBN: PB: 9788024634272, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, August 2017
224 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Middle Eastern instability is manifest externally in many ways: by crises afflicting governing regimes, the rise of political Islam, terrorism, revolution, civil war, increased migration,...
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£22,50
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Prague A City and Its River
ISBN: PB: 9788024632926, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2017
200 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 100 colour plates, 25 halftones, 2 maps
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Since its birth as a city, Prague's appearance, character, and life have been shaped by the River Vltava. The flow of the river enabled the settlement of the Prague basin, the creation of...
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£20,00
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Prague of Charles IV, 1316-1378
ISBN: PB: 9788024631325, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, August 2016
200 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 100 colour plates, 25 halftones, 2 maps
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In "The Prague of Charles IV, 1316-1378", Czech professor of art history Jan Royt renders a vivid image of the capital of the Bohemian Kingdom during the High Gothic period, presenting the...
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£20,00
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