Budweisers into Czechs and Germans: A Local History of Bohemian Politics, 1848-1948
By Jeremy King
()
About this ebook
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.
Related to Budweisers into Czechs and Germans
Related ebooks
SOE in Czechoslovakia: The Special Operations Executive’s Czech Section in WW2—An Official History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Berlin Airlift: The Salvation of a City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Czecho-Slovakia Within Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world’s richest man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anschluss of the Sudeten Regions and the Subjugation of Czechia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Siege of Kustrin, 1945: Gateway to Berlin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Berlin: The Story of a City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFreedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People—And Olympic Gold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEssex at War, 1939–45 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrague A Travel Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPorcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Fall of Hitler's Fortress City: The Battle for Knigsberg, 1945 Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBismarck And The German Empire Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Numbers Had to Tally Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBohemian (Cech) Bibliography: A finding list of writings in English relating to Bohemia and the Cechs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Lucky Survivor from a Lost Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVienna: The International Capital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIf Britain Had Fallen: The Real Nazi Occupation Plans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August-September 1944 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Einstein in Bohemia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Defeat of the Zeppelins: Zeppelin Raids and Anti-Airship Operations 1916-18 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy, Weimar Centennial Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stalin and Molotov Lines: Soviet Western Defences 1928–41 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Past in Question: Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5British Postcards of the First World War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Extraordinary Daddy-Long-Legs Railway of Brighton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWartime Broadcasting Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
European History For You
Dry: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book: The Script Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mein Kampf: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kamphf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Law Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jane Austen: The Complete Novels Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Discovery of Pasta: A History in Ten Dishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFinding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celtic Charted Designs Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Slave Trade: The White European Slaves of Islam Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mein Kampf: The Original, Accurate, and Complete English Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of English Magic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Budweisers into Czechs and Germans
0 ratings0 reviews