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Author:

Abrams, Bradley F., 1964-

Title:

The struggle for the soul of the nation : Czech culture and the rise of communism / Bradley F. Abrams.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 363 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Communism and intellectuals--Czechoslovakia.
Intellectuals--Czechoslovakia--Political activity.
Communism--Czechoslovakia.
Czechoslovakia--Politics and government--1945-1992.
Czechoslovakia--Intellectual life--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-356) and index.

Contents:

World War Two and the East European revolution -- Intellectuals in the Czech environment -- Four groups of postwar Czech intellectuals -- The communist aim : the creation of a new Czechoslovakia -- The battle over the recent past I : the experiences of Munich and the World War II -- The battle over the recent past II : the First Republic and Tomáš G. Masaryk -- The shift in sensibilities and generations -- The reorientation of national identity : Czechs between East and West -- Socialism and communist intellectuals : the "Czechoslovak road to socialism" -- Socialism and democratic socialist intellectuals : the "new socialist ethos" -- Socialism and Roman Catholic intellectuals : the "fateful struggle between spirit and matter"-- Socialism and Protestant intellectuals : the Kingdom of God on earth? -- The end of Czechoslovak democracy and the rise of communism in Eastern Europe.

Series:

The Harvard Cold War studies book series

ISBN:

9780742530232 (alk. paper)
074253023X (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53839844

LCCN:

2003026054

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)