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Myths and Traditions of Central European University Culture
ISBN: PB: 9788024643809, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2021
224 pp., 24.1x17.1 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! By examining the myriad myths surrounding Central European universities, Czech historians Lukas Fasora and Jiri Hanus take a diachronic approach to investigating the issues facing higher l...
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£20,00
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Malvina, or Spoken Word in the Novel
ISBN: PB: 9788024645322, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2020
230 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! In this book-length study, Ewa Szary-Matywiecka examines Maria Wirtemberska's Malvina, or the Heart's Intuition, an international success upon its publication in 1816 that is now widely co...
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£16,00
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Making the Most of Tomorrow A North Bohemian Laboratory of Socialist Modernism
ISBN: PB: 9788024640174, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2019
330 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Most, one of the most impressive historical cities of Northern Bohemia, was destroyed in the sixties and seventies for coal mining. When plans to redevelop the city began, hope and expecta...
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Modality in Spanish and Combinations of Modal Meanings
ISBN: PB: 9788024638690, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, March 2019
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! With a focus on Spanish modality, this book presents Bohumil Zavadil's theoretical approach – the first such presentation in English – to this category and, consequently, analyzes its poss...
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£20,00
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Materializing Identities in Socialist and Post-Socialist Cities
ISBN: PB: 9788024635903, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, May 2018
180 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Following the so-called "Material Turn" of historiography, this book explores the materialization of identity in urban space – specifically in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Urban spaces...
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£15,00
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Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia
ISBN: PB: 9788024635835, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, November 2017
302 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic Across the whole of modern Czech history – from 1918, through World War II, and into the postwar years – ethnic and minority issues have been of the utmost prominence. Moreover, Czechoslova...
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£19,00
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Midway on Our Life's Journey
ISBN: HB: 9788024631271, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, April 2016
150 pp., 19x13.9 cm, 25 colour plates
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Written between 1954 and 1957 and treating events from the Stalinist era of Czechoslovakia's postwar Communist regime, "Midway on Our Life's Journey" flew in the face of the reigning aesth...
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£19,00
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Master of the Trebon Altarpiece
ISBN: HB: 9788024622613, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2015
330 pp., 28.4x23.3 cm, 86 colour plates, 12 halftones
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The Master of the Trebon Altarpiece was a painter active in Prague in the fourteenth century and one of the most important gothic artists of the international style. He is named for his mo...
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£30,00
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Mathematics for Economists Made Simple
ISBN: PB: 9788024616575, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, October 2010
364 pp., 23x15 cm
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! As the field of economics becomes ever more specialized and complicated, so does the mathematics required of economists. With "Mathematics for Economists", expert mathematician Viatcheslav...
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£20,00
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Medieval Painting in Bohemia
ISBN: HB: 9788024602660, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, April 2003
160 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 80 colour plates
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Originally published in Czech in 2002 and now available in English, "Medieval Painting in Bohemia" assesses the history of painting in Bohemia and Moravia from the emergence of the Czech s...
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