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This volume is the sixth in the series and focuses on the Czech Republic. Looking at various aspects of the country it addresses questions including: which regions have young populations?; what is the weight of agriculture in the economy?; what is the level of unemployment?; and which European regions have the same population density? The aim of all the volumes in this series is to give each region the opportunity to find out about its neighbours. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vacenovice is a village and municipality (obec) in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 14.64 square kilometres (5.65 sq mi), and has a population of 2,183 (as at 1 January 2008). Vacenovice lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Hodonín, 50 km (31 mi) south-east of Brno, and 237 km (147 mi) south-east of Prague. Hodonín District (Okres Hodonín in Czech) is one of seven districts (okres) within South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj) of the Czech Republic. Its capital is city Hodonín. ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Czech and Slovak Federal Republic," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Czech and Slovak Federal Republic when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Geoforum, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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One of the consequences of the post-socialist transformation of Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union is the emergence of energy poverty, a condition where households are living in inadequately heated homes. This paper examines the institutional and demographic underpinnings of energy poverty in Macedonia and the Czech Republic, two post-socialist states with divergent development paths. It has been established that more than 50% of Macedonian households may be suffering from domestic energy deprivation, while the same figure is less than 10% in the Czech case. The notion of a 'hidden' geography of poverty encapsulates the character of domestic energy deprivation among these populations. The problem has been invisible to decision-makers to date, due to its private character and non-conformity to conventional poverty-amelioration methods. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1910.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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A review of early medieval and Slavic settlement and an attempt to reconstruct occupation history. ... Read more

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This history of a single town in Bohemia casts new light on nationalism in Central Europe between the Springtime of Nations in 1848 and the Cold War. Jeremy King tells the story of both German and Czech-speaking Budweis/Budæjovice, which belonged to the Habsburg Monarchy until 1918, and then to Czechoslovakia, Hitler's Third Reich, and Czechoslovakia again. Residents, at first simply "Budweisers," or Habsburg subjects with mostly local loyalties, gradually became Czechs or Germans. Who became Czech, though, and who German? What did it mean to be one or the other?

In answering these questions, King shows how an epochal, region-wide contest for power found expression in Budweis/Budæjovice not only through elections but through clubs, schools, boycotts, breweries, a remarkable constitutional experiment, a couple of riots, and much more. In tracing the nationalization of politics from small and sometimes comic beginnings to the genocide and mass expulsions of the 1940s, he also rejects traditional interpretive frameworks. Writing not a national history but a history of nationhood, both Czech and German, King recovers a nonnational dimension to the past. Embodied locally by Budweisers and more generally by the Habsburg state, that dimension has long been blocked from view by a national rhetoric of race and ethnicity. King's Czech-Habsburg-German narrative, in addition to capturing the dynamism and complexity of Bohemian politics, participates in broader scholarly discussions concerning the nature of nationalism.

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Located at the very center of Europe, Prague has been on the frontline of international political, intellectual, religious, and cultural conflicts for more than six centuries. Invaded and occupied by the Habsburgs, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Nazis, and then Communist Russia, the city s identity is shaped by a long experience of foreign domination and a strong sense of martyrdom.

A treasure house of Gothic, baroque, and modernist architecture, Prague is also a city of icons and symbols: statues, saints and signs reveal a turbulent history of religious and cultural conflict. As Kafka s nightmare city and home of the Good Soldier _vejk, the Czech capital also produced two of the twentieth century s emblematic writers. Richard Burton explores this metropolis of theatrical allusion, in which politics and drama have always been intertwined. His interpretation of the city s cultural past and present encompasses opera and rock music, puppetry and cinema, surrealism and socialist realism. Looking at Prague s world-famous landmarks and lesser-known sites, his reading of the city through its writing and iconography is both perceptive and challenging.

* THE CITY OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS: The Castle and Kafka, Ha_ek and Kundera; music from Smetana to the Plastic People of the Universe; modernism and cubism; political theater and the playwright-president Václav Havel.

* THE CITY OF TYRANNY AND RESISTANCE: Jan Hus and anti-Catholic revolt; subjugation and the rise of Czech nationalism; Germans, Czechs and Jews; "Prague Spring" 1968, Charter 77 and the "Velvet Revolution" of November 1989.

* THE CITY OF MAGIC, MURDER, AND MYTH: Medieval alchemy and astrology; the myth of the Golem, the ghetto and anti-Semitism; living puppets, robots, and a tradition of defenestration. ... Read more

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Excellent book for the first-time visitor or resident or anyone between.
Excellent, well-written book about one of the great cities of the world.Orderly, logical structure for the first-time visitor as well as for those who visit Prague often or live there.Not only a good writer but an accurate, non-revisionist historian.A pleasure to read and to share with others. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 6075 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Czech Republic, Prague, planning, tourism, conservation, historic cities, post-socialist cities

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Title: Tourist impact in the historic centre of Prague: resident and visitor perceptions of the historic built environment.
Author: Fiona Simpson
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1999
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: 165Issue: 2Page: 173(1)

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The only published account of the 1989 revolution in Prague written by an American participan, this book weaves together interviews, newspaper reports, photos, and the author's own accounts to demonstate the meaning and role of , both physical and symbolic, in political revolution. ... Read more

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You Say You Want A Revolution?
Then take a look at Mike Kukral's account of the 1989 events in Prague. This is the ONLY, day-to-day, non-media, non-government writing of an America who was present from start to finish. Chapter 3, which covers about 70 well-written pages, is a diary of the historic events leading up to, during, and after the "Velvet Revolution". Kukral's voice is deep and full of detail, yet can be easily understood by most anyone. As the events proceed, the excitement leaps off the pages and makes you feel as though you were standing alongside the author in Wenceslas Square on a chilly November evening. The social aspect of an Ohio University education played a crucial role in the accessability of this work - how often does the Smiths album "Strangeways" get mentioned alongside Havel and humanistic political geography? This is a very worthwhile read for anyone traveling to Prague or peace-loving revolutionaries who haven't yet broadened past Ghandi and MLK.

The best informative book about the Czech Revolution.
This book is a stunning account of Kukral's day to day adventures as an American caught in the middle of the Velvet Revolution in Prague.His writing is brilliant as he captures the mood and atmosphere of the time and city. Kukral's view from the streets in Chapter 3 is a wonderfully written personal journal in which his observations on Czech culture, Prague history and architecture, and the last days of communism shine brilliantly from the pages. Other chapters deal with Prague history and culture in a somewhat unique 'humanistic' method. If you want to experience the city of Prague during a revolution read this book. The Prague Post gave this book a very high rating in its review and I recommend it above the works of T.G. Ash and other writers on the Velvet Revolution. ... Read more

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For millions of children, living in Europe during World War II was a terrifying experience. This book tells the true stories of eight of those children. Each tale is different-living in the Warsaw Ghetto, being sent to concentration camps, being selected for "Germanization"-but each represents the story of millions of other innocent victims whose lives were cut short or changed irrevocably by the Holocaust.

"Sad and compelling." -The Horn Book

"An authoritative, informative and attractive work. The narrative is riveting." -VOYA ... Read more

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Captivating, uplifting ... A tribute to the human spirit.
This book is a collection of tales, spellbinding as they are amazing, in a time of darkness, pain, and suffering. Many people risked their lives to save others, for a vast assortment of reasons. It tells of those children caught in the "web" of Nazi brutality, escaping Germany on Kindertransports, those raised in Auschwitz, forced into the Lebensborn program, these are children like our sons and daughters. They barely have lived, yet they are forced to suffer the consequences of war.

My favorite story is that of the children of Lidice, Czechloslovakia. The strength, courage, and unwillingness to forget who they were inside shone through despite their oppression, their new selves. I think the author was inspired by these children, all children, just as I am, and wanted the world to know how many millions of children, full of hopes and dreams, were forced to give up the fight, to stop living. And how they were innocent victims of a man's lust for power, popularity, and wealth, and a countries' lust for revenge.

I really liked the book. Every story touched the inside of my heart. This is a perfect portrayal of the tragedy of the Holocaust through the minds of the victims.

I do not think children under the age of ten should read this book.

Often it seems that there is more evil in the world than good. That is simply because evil is more easily recognizable than goodness. -- Sarah

Best book ever!
When I read the book "Witnesses To War" I couldn't put the book down. I was disgusted by the true Nazi persecution. The book is about collections of the true life stories during the holocaust and the Nazi persecution . One of the storiesI liked the best was about the Polish children being tested for Germanization because it was twisted that the Nazi's could capture a child .The parents were helpless. I liked this book a lot because I am interested in the holocaust . It's well written and makes you want to read more aobut the holocaust.

A fuller picture of persecution in WWII
I was impressed by this book because it presents the suffering of people in WWII without staying completely focused on the Jews.The Nazis were willing to murder anybody, who, for any reason, did not fit in to their ideology or view of the world.With this book, there is a more clear demonstration of that - yes, a couple of the stories are about Jewish children, there is also a story concerning the plight of a Polish child, one about a gypsy girl, and a child's view of the horrendous occurence at Lidice, Czechoslovakia.The stories about the Jewish children are also varied; one escaped via the Kindertransport, one story was about girls hidden in a convent, and another whose father was featured in a very famous photo that made it out of Germany to tip people off to the kinds of things happening there.

My main gripe about the book is fairly minor.I enjoyed the pictures and the background given to each story, but every once in awhile I felt that the text was patronising.Mind you, this is targeted towards a juvenile audience, but if one believes that the children that will be reading this book are mature enough to deal with this type of material, they probably are not in too terrible need of some of the simpler explanations, and I found these a bit distracting from the focus of the text.

Overall, it is a very good book that serves a subject that is often neglected.

Witnesses to War
The book I read was Witness to War by Michael Leapman. This book was about eight true-life stories of children that were sent to concentration camps, and others who the Germans tried to make into German citizens. The German police and army shipped off some kids to different places so they did not get caught. A lot of the Jewish people that got sent to camps were well-respected people in a society of German.Most of the people in this book are Jewish but one of the kids is a gypsy. I think this book was very good. It is very odd that people can treat others so cruel.

History through the eyes of those who were there as children
I picked this book up from my local book store with great curiosity. I am doing a History GCSE and am especially interested in WW2, and how it affected everyday people like myself. This book looks at the war through the eyes of children. Not only Jewish children but Polish and Gypsychildren too. Some parts of the book drew tears to my eyes. I was shockedat some of the horrific things these children endured. I noticed whenreading the details about this book, that it is supposed to be suitable forchildren aged 9-12 years old. I my self am 15 and the other review writeris in college. I have a younger brother aged 11 and I do not think thatthis book would be appropriate for him! Some of the text would be toodifficult for someone his age and a lot of the things mentoined he wouldnot understand (I doubt if he even knows what a concentration camp is! ).Also some of the things talked about are a little too advanced for his peergroup. To say I thouroughly enjoyed the book makes me sound slightlymorbid, but it was a deeply touching book. Poeple who have read THE DIARYOF ANNE FRANK will most likely find this of interest also. ... Read more