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...Josef Anderle The Meaning of Czech History . By Masaryk Tomas G. . Edited and with Introduction by Wellek René . Translated by Kussi Peter . Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press , 1974 . Pp. xxiii , 169 . $9.95 . Copyright © 1976 by Duke University...

... of production takes into account these differences within the context of three Foxconn factories. © 2015 Duke University Press 2015 Foxconn labor globalization fragmentation Czech Republic Turkey References Andrijasevic Rutvica Sacchetto Devi . 2014 . “ Made in the EU: Foxconn...

... seen it, between Soviet and Western policies in respect of analytical power, honesty, and courage. Taking as their master theme the notion that the Western Powers betrayed the Czechs in the hope of channeling Hitler s murderous energies into a war of destruction, or at least mutual annihilation...

... centuries that deeply stirred his own people and became the focus of a lively controversy among other Czech intellectuals. Curi­ ously enough, these studies and essays were never united in one book in any language until this handsome volume was published by the University of North Carolina Press. Masaryk s...

... portrayal of the history of the Czechoslovak nation and to the crisis which brought this gallant and genuine democracy to an abrupt end. The history of Czechoslovakia did not begin with the Versailles Treaty. For more than a thousand years the Czechs and Slovaks have inhabited the lands of old Bohemia...

... intolerant and brutal? A glance at the circum­ stances under which recent expulsions have taken place shows that in almost all instances three population groups were involved. There was, first, the majority group, Turks, Poles, Czechs, etc., who wanted to rid their land of Greeks or Germans. There were...

... under­ standing a Texas cowpuncher nor an Alabama farmhand swapping stories with an Oregon lumberjack. Nor do local dialects raise lin­ guistic barriers between the various sections of this country. Greek and Bulgar, on the other hand, or Pole and Czech, though living only a few miles apart, are unable...

... working in eastern Europe, Hindus is one of the most understanding, particularly of the peasants, whose life is the foundation of society. This book is one of his best. Mr. Hindus saw the great betrayal of 1938 from Prague and expressed his hopes for the Czech future in his well-known We Shall Live Again...

... national Commission for the delimitation of the new German-Czech frontier, which met in Berlin under the chairmanship of State Secretary Weizsacker. In this body the Germans met with little opposition and could press for a maximum fulfilment of the territorial claims which had been granted in principle...

...-communist alike, condemned the Russian move, but these words had little effect upon the occu­ pation timetable. If anyone stopped the initial Russian plan to de­ stroy the liberal regime of Alexander Dubcek, the Czech and Slovak people did. Internal public opinion in the form of unanimous sup­ port...

... of society. This book is one of his best. Mr. Hindus saw the great betrayal of 1938 from Prague and expressed his hopes for the Czech future in his well-known We Shall Live Again. Now their dream has come true. Czechoslovakia has been liberated. This is a book about the Czech people. They are all here...

... that it is of Russian origin this book will come as a surprise, for he shows that the Czechs, the most consistent advocates of Slavic unity, usually sought it under the aegis of Austria, as did the awakening South Slavs. Indeed, the in­ tellectuals of the Pan-Slav Congress of 1848 eagerly hoped for a Slavic Book...

... in the movement, first to elect Breckinridge and later to secede from the Union. Excellent maps and a useful bibliographical essay add to the high quality of this most impressive volume. LAMAR UNIVERSITY RALPH A. WOOSTER The Meaning of Czech History. By Tomas G. Masaryk. Edited and with Introduction by Rene...

... the fact in permitting Hitler s absorption of Austria and Czechoslovakia. At first sight, Prime Minister Chamberlain s actions with reference to the Czechs seem to be dia­ metrically opposed to her diplomatic and economic interests. Her age-old policy has been based upon the idea that no single nation...

...Clarence A. Manning Copyright © 1941 by Duke University Press 1941 KAREL CAPEK CLARENCE A. MANNING IN THE DEATH o£ Karel Capek two years ago at the early age of forty-eight, the Czechs lost their outstanding man of letters. His plays, especially R. U. R., have been produced successfully...

... was premature, for within a century German and Czech were again hopelessly intertangled in the beginning of the Thirty Years War; and the parties in it were far more interested in religion than they were in language. We often forget that the Winter King, who carried the Czechs to their defeat at the White...

... in the Czech Republic and Turkey all discuss experiences of workers who, even though they might not be nationals of the country where they work, are nonetheless citizens and hence not subjected to border and visa regulations. And yet, all three essays make it clear that despite the rights these workers...

... defeat in World War I and then describes at length the evolution of the Tsar s empire in the Far East. The Revolution of 1917 as it affected eastern Siberia is then brought in and with it the whole complex of the early relations between the Allies and the Soviets, culminating in the Czech uprising...

.... Hungarians from Czechoslovakia are being exchanged for Slovaks from Hungary; Czechs from Soviet-incorporated Subcarpathia, for Carpatho-Ukrainians from Czechoslovakia. Popula­ tion transfers have been suggested for the Italian-Yugoslav border area and for Palestine. Other plans may appear. There is danger...

..., and machine guns but only a few Soviet and Czech submachine guns and rifles and one Czech antitank bazooka. Soviet military aid, even if we include the Czech contribution, apparently had been niggardly and of little consequence. It is especially interesting that the major re-equipping of Viet Cong units...