Prague : belonging in the modern city
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021].
Status
Rapid City Public Library - History - Adult
HISTORY 305.544 BRY
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HISTORY 305.544 BRY
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LC Subjects
Alienation (Social psychology) -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Minorities -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Nationalism -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Toleration -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Minorities -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Nationalism -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Toleration -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Case studies.
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-317) and index.
Description
"A poignant reflection on alienation and belonging, told through the lives of five remarkable people who struggled against nationalism and intolerance in one of Europe's most stunning cities. What does it mean to belong somewhere? For many of Prague's inhabitants, belonging has been linked to the nation, embodied in the capital city. Grandiose medieval buildings and monuments to national heroes boast of a glorious, shared history. Past governments, democratic and Communist, layered the city with architecture that melded politics and nationhood. Not all inhabitants, however, felt included in these efforts to nurture national belonging. Socialists, dissidents, Jews, Germans, and Vietnamese-all have been subject to hatred and political persecution in the city they called home. Chad Bryant tells the stories of five marginalized individuals who, over the last two centuries, forged their own notions of belonging in one of Europe's great cities. An aspiring guidebook writer, a German-speaking newspaperman, a Bolshevik carpenter, an actress of mixed-heritage who came of age during the Communist terror, and a Czech-speaking Vietnamese blogger: none of them is famous, but their lives are revealing. They speak to tensions between exclusionary nationalism and on-the-ground diversity. In their struggles against alienation and dislocation, they forged alternative communities in cafes, workplaces, and online. While strolling park paths, joining political marches, or writing about their lives, these outsiders come to embody a city that, on its surface, was built for others. A powerful and creative meditation on place and nation, the individual and community, Prague envisions how cohesion and difference might coexist as it acknowledges a need common to all"--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bryant, C. C. (2021). Prague: belonging in the modern city . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryant, Chad Carl. 2021. Prague: Belonging in the Modern City. Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryant, Chad Carl. Prague: Belonging in the Modern City Harvard University Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bryant, Chad Carl. Prague: Belonging in the Modern City Harvard University Press, 2021.
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