Němci v Praze 1861-1914

[Germans in Prague]
Prague, the Karolinum Press 2000, paperback, Czech, 316 pp., 1st edition, $25
Translated by Jana Mandlerová
An American historian traces the political, social and cultural history of the Prague Germans from 1861 (when Czechs gained the majority on the city council) to the 1st World War. The author describes the Prague German?s attempts to come to terms with their loss of status and power in everyday life. He focuses particularly on the emergence of the Prague liberal community in the earlier 19th century and the subsequent division of Bohemian provincial patriots into separate groups of Czechs and Germans. The author also focuses on the usually neglected lower social groups within German society. The book ends with an analysis of the defeat of the liberal political movement among Prague Germans on the eve of the Great War.