"In the post-Cold War, post-9/11 era, the immigrant experience has changed dramatically. Despite the recent successes of immigrant and world literatures, there has been little scholarship on how the hardships of immigration are conveyed in immigrant narratives. Translating Pain …
Introduction : a tank in Prague -- Culture wars -- The land of our destiny -- The legacy of the liberation -- Socialist internationalism with a human face -- Tourists on tanks -- The normalization of friendship -- Conclusion : the tank turns pink "Argues that the USSR's power i…
"Argues that the USSR's power in Cold War Czechoslovakia was based on a wide-ranging friendship project between Soviet and Czechoslovak citizens in the realm of everyday life"--
The vivid portrayal of the "Velvet Revolution" describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslovakia. Bernard Wheaton, one of the few Western observers in the country during the nonviolent change of governmen…
The vivid portrayal of the "Velvet Revolution" describes the dramatic social and political changes that heralded the downfall of the Communist leadership in Czechoslovakia. Bernard Wheaton, one of the few Western observers in the country during the nonviolent change of governmen…
Overview: The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia charts historical developments in the two nations to the opening decade of the 21st century. The book begins with an overview of the geography, climate, people, economy, and government of both the Czech and Slovak republic…
"This study analyzes the impact of the Czechoslovak crisis of 1968 - the Prague Spring the Soviet led invasion of the country in August of that year and the subsequent process of re-alignment and "normalization"--The two most influential communist parties of Western Europe - the…
