Jan Bazant, Nina Bazantová, and Frances Starn, eds.

List of Illustrations xi

Acknowledgments xv

Guide to Pronunciation xvii

Introduction 1

I. Between Myth and History (The Premyslid Dynasty) 7

II. Navel of the Earth (Charles IV, 1316-1378) 31

III. Against Everyone (Hussite Revolution) 47

IV. Struggles for City, Court, Country (Vladislav II-Rudolph II) 67

V. Defeated Protestants, Victorious Catholics (Ferdinand II-Charles VI) 83

VI. From the Enlightenment to Romantic Nationalism (Maria Teresa-Revolution of 1848) 111

VII. Defeated Politicians, Victorious Intellectuals (1848-1867) 145

VIII. From National Self-Determination to Cosmopolitanism (1867-1918) 187

IX. The First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) 239

X. Between Hitler and Stalin (1938-1948) 295

XI. "Ideal" Socialism (1948-1968) 335

XII. "Real" Socialism (1968-1989) 385

XIII. The Decades after the Velvet Revolution (1989-) 463

Epilogue 503

Suggestions for Further Reading 507

Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources 521

Index 529