Streetscapes of War and Revolution Prague, 1914-1920
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 r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
Cambridge University Press
[2024]
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009847740206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Language Use
- Introduction
- From War to Revolution in Austria-Hungary
- Patriotism, State Legitimacy, Citizenship
- Streetscapes and Urban Space
- 1 All Gray: Militarization in Urban Space
- Bustling Streets, Serious Faces: Mobilization and the Outbreak of War
- The Changing Contours of the Civilian and Military Realms
- Encounters and Violence in Public Space
- Military Control and the Spread of Information
- 2 Black-Yellow Surfaces: Austrian Patriotic Mobilization
- Patriotic Displays: Flags and Celebrations
- The War on Walls, Screens, and Canvas
- Badges and Boxes: Private Initiatives, Public Collections
- Monitoring the Urban Environment: Colors and Denunciations
- 3 Shades of War: Absence and Presence on the Home Front
- "Does Prague Still Exist?": Collections for the "Prague Children"
- Mourning in Absence: Soldiers' Graves and Church Bells
- Battle Scars: The Presence of Wounded Soldiers
- Recent Arrivals: Refugees from War Victims to Scapegoats
- 4 Black Markets, Green Expeditions: Food Shortages and Growing Divisions
- A "Paper Pyramid": Regulations and Managing Scarcity
- Queues, Cold, and Hunger: The Urban Experience of Deprivation
- Imagined and Real Food Circuits within the City
- To and from Prague: Upside-down Town and Country Relations
- Salvation through the Nation: The Czech Heart and Welfare Provision
- 5 Not Only Red: Street Protests, State Legitimacy, and Social Justice
- Demonstrations and Deputations: Sites of the Waning of Habsburg Power
- Riots, Crowds, and the Occupation of Public Space
- New Republic, Same-old Protests
- The Housing Crisis and Direct Action
- Living on the Street: Citizenship and Entitlement.
- 6 The End of Darkness? Uncertainty and Revolution
- What Does Revolution Look Like?
- The Old beside the New
- Social Uncertainty: Conspicuous Opulence amidst Plain Squalor
- What Revolution?
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
