TY  - GEN
T1  - Streetscapes of war and revolution : Prague, 1914-1920
T2  - Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare .
A1  - Morelon, Claire, 1984-
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2024
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/Cambridge_open_access_CR9781009335331
AB  - Prague entered the First World War as the third city of the Habsburg empire, but emerged in 1918 as the capital of a brand new nation-state, Czechoslovakia. Claire Morelon explores what this transition looked, sounded and felt like at street level. Through deep archival research, she has carefully reconstructed the sensorial texture of the city, from the posters plastered on walls, to the shop windows' displays, the badges worn by passers-by, and the crowds gathering for protest or celebration. The result is both an atmospheric account of life amid war and regime change, and a fresh interpretation of imperial collapse from below, in which the experience of life on the Habsburg home-front is essential to understanding the post-Versailles world order that followed. Prague is the perfect case study for examining the transition from empire to nation-statehood, hinging on revolutionary dreams of fairer distribution and new forms of political participation.
OP  - 327
NO  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 May 2024).
CN  - DB2629 M67 2024
SN  - 9781009335331 (ebook)
SN  - 9781009335300 (hardback)
SN  - 9781009335317 (paperback)
SN  - 9781009335300
KW  - Prague (Czech Republic) : History : 20th century.
KW  - World War, 1914-1918 : Czech Republic : Prague.
KW  - Reconstruction (1914-1939) : Czechoslovakia : Prague.
KW  - Prague (Czech Republic) : Social conditions : 20th century.
KW  - Street life : Czech Republic : Prague.
KW  - Czechoslovakia : Relations : Austria.
KW  - Austria : Relations : Czechoslovakia.
ER  -