Revolution with a human face : politics, culture, and community in Czechoslovakia, 1989-1992 /

As a history of Czechoslovakia's "gentle revolution," this book shifts the focus away from elites to ordinary citizens who endeavored - from the outbreak of revolution in 1989 to the demise of the Czechoslovak federation in 1992 - to establish a new, democratic political culture. Uniq...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krapfl, James, 1971- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2013.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt32b60j
Table of Contents:
  • The rhetoric of revolution
  • The big bang of the signifiers
  • The ideals of November
  • The boundaries of community
  • Power in the streets
  • The will of the people.