Prague Sprung: Notes and Voices from the New World Contributor(s): Leviatin, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275945367 ISBN-13: 9780275945367 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | World - General |
Dewey: 943.7 |
LCCN: 93-2869 |
Lexile Measure: 940 |
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.32" W x 9.52" (0.90 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Based on a series of interviews, Leviatin presents the experiences of several generations of students and faculty members who studied and taught on the English Department of the oldest university in Central Europe, Charles University. The English Department is best known as the home of the Prague Linguistic Circle. By focusing on the university, and especially the English Department, Leviatin provides a detailed picture of the ways in which an institution and a community have been affected by war, occupation, ideology, and revolution. As the first book to provide detailed oral histories of the rise and fall of Czechoslovakian communism, it will be of interest to students of contemporary Eastern European social and political history. |