history – 20th century(183)

Drama dirigenta

Conductor’s Drama is the first extensive biography of Jaroslav Krombholc (1918–1983), the most talented conductor from Václav Talich’s sc...

Jaroslav Krombholc v osidlech doby

Masaryk iritující a fascinující

Masaryk Irritating and Fascinating is a vivid and engaging rendition of T. G. Masaryk’s life story as well as of the philosophical legacy...

Rozmluvy s Antonínem Švehlou a o Švehlovi

This memoir-based text written by Czech journalist, diplomat and author, Karel Mečíř, is devoted to Antonín Švehla, a Czech politician, s...

Vzpomínky agrárního diplomata Karla Mečíře

Mezi konkurencí a spoluprací

This book’s subject is the overall and significant transformation of our university and research programs over a span of twenty-five year...

Univerzita Karlova a Československá akademie věd 1945–1969

Bylo to na věčné časy, dokud to neskončilo

The collapse of socialism was absolutely unexpected for the inhabitants of the Soviet Union, but at the same time, it was absolutely inev...

Poslední sovětská generace

Historicko-sociologické reflexe

This book, published on the occasion of the sociologist Jiří Šubrt’s 60th birthday, presents the researcher’s work in its multifaceted br...

Sametová revoluce po 30 letech

Cestovní ruch pod dohledem třetí říše

Tourism and the Second World War seems to be a paradoxical juxtaposition at first sight. Historians Ivan Jakubec and Jan Štemberk however...

Ve jménu života vašeho...

Turistická odysea

The collective monograph, The Tourist Odyssey, represents a fundamental shift in the research of various forms of tourism in Czechoslovak...

Krajinou soudobých dějin cestování a cestovního ruchu v Československu v letech 1945 až 1989

Making the Most of Tomorrow

Most, one of the most impressive historical cities of Northern Bohemia, was destroyed in the sixties and seventies for coal mining. When ...

A Laboratory of Socialist Modernity in Czechoslovakia

Sociální kliniky

Z dějin sociální práce a sociálního školství