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Ženy s kufříkem a nadějí

Midwives were always part of the local collective memory, perceived as an inseparable part of the community, similarly to a pastor, teach...

Porodní báby a asistentky v českých zemích od poloviny 19. do poloviny 20. století

Dějiny novověku

This textbook is designed for international students who are preparing for entrance exams at Czech universities, focusing on history and ...

Studijní texty pro zahraniční studenty

Spartakiads

Every five years from 1955 to 1985, mass Czechoslovak gymnastic demonstrations and sporting parades called Spartakiads were held to mark ...

The Politics of Physical Culture in Communist Czechoslovakia

Dvousetletá pustina

This book represents the first Czech history of drama in the United States of America, from its beginnings in the mid-17th century throug...

Dějiny starší americké dramatiky

Režisér jako koncept

What do preserved program flyers, scenic designs, critical reviews and comments reveal? Can we reconstruct what the direction and directo...

Tvorba operního režiséra Miloše Wasserbauera v padesátých a šedesátých letech 20. století

Krajina mezi pamětí a zapomínáním

Karolína Pauknerová’s book uncovers the variability of ways in which memory becomes part of landscape, sediments in it, reproduces and di...

Studie z Čech

Studentské hnutí odporu

The personality of Josef Šárka (1918–2008) is connected with significant milestones in the fight against totalitarian regimes in Czechosl...

Nervová vlákna diktatury

Based on extensive research in the regional archives, this monograph documents the establishment, consolidation and transformation of the...

Regionální elity a komunikace uvnitř KSČ v letech 1945–1956

Bohumil Hrabal

Described as “one of the great prose stylists of the twentieth century,” Bohumil Hrabal ranks among the most important and widely transla...

A Full-length Portrait

Husitství a husité

This book presents 16 previously published papers, which have been revised and expanded to include new findings, thus reflecting the curr...

Příběhy budování občanského sektoru v České republice po roce 1989

Stories of the Building of the Civic Sector in the Czech Republic after 1989 presents a new perspective on the formation of the civic sec...

In Quest of History

On the centennial of the Czechs gaining their independence, award-winning Czech journalist Karel Hvížďala and Cardiff-based philosopher o...

On Czech Statehood and Identity