history – 20th century(203)

Lost and Found

Lost and Found: Hidden Notes on My First Incarceration is a unique account of the dramatic events that shaped the history of Czechoslovak...

Hidden Notes on My First Incarceration

Architects of Long Change

Architects of Long Change offers a novel perspective on the late communist dictatorship, the democratic revolution of 1989, and the early...

The Expert Roots of Post-Socialism in Czechoslovakia (1980–1995)

Finis koncertu velmocí

On November 10 and 11, 2022, the Faculty of Arts and the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague organised an intern...

Evropa a Rakousko-uherská monarchie na konci dlouhého 19. století

Za sklem

Villa Tugendhat, an iconic work by architect Mies van der Rohe, was commissioned by Mr and Mrs Tugendhat. The book Behind the Glass is no...

Vila Tugendhat a její rodina

Minuty mezi životem a smrtí

Proměny záchranné služby (1952–2003)

The Restoration of Order

In an engaging style, not lacking in irony and detachment, Milan Šimečka describes the process of restoring order and its result—so-calle...

The Normalization of Czechoslovakia 1969–1976

Stranou zájmu, pod státním dohledem

The history of the farm in Prague-Malešice as part of the university’s estate is a unique example of the relationship between the nobilit...

Správa a proměny univerzitního statku v Malešicích

Podnikatel versus kapitál – kapitál versus podnikatel

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between large, medium, and small businesses and financial institutions in ...

Dvě tváře jednoho vztahu ve střední Evropě 19. a 20. století

Okno příležitosti

Even with borders closed, the environment brings people together. As tensions between East and West began to ease in the late 1980s, a wi...

Životní prostředí a přeshraniční vztahy na březích Dyje 1984–1995

Historicus inter saecula movens

A book of contributions celebrating Professor Jiří Pešek’s milestone birthday shows his wide range of research interests and, for the fir...

Kniha k životnímu jubileu prof. Jiřího Peška

Od trestu k terapii

How did experts living in post-war Europe understand violence? The book explores the approaches of psychiatrists and psychologists to vio...

Forenzní psychiatrie v poválečné obnově Evropy

Člověk na železnici 1

For two centuries, the railway has been a place where the stories of all kinds of passengers intersect – including those of politicians, ...

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