| Autore |
McRae Robert Grant
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Ottawa [Ont.], : Carleton University Press, c1997
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| Descrizione fisica |
331 p. : ill
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| Disciplina |
943.704/3/092
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| Soggetto topico |
HISTORY / United States / General
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| ISBN |
0-7735-7404-2
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1968-1988: The Emergence of Public Protest -- Glasnost—Not! -- Living in Truth -- Jan Palach -- The Political Trials -- The Symposium -- The Resistance Spreads -- A Few Sentences -- Writers East and West -- Means and Ends -- The East German Exodus -- The Symposium II -- Too Little, Too Late -- Czech Pens -- The Twilight of Communism -- The November 17 Massacre -- The Student Strike -- The Birth of Civic Forum -- Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! -- A Kingdom for a Balcony -- The Return of History -- Workers Unite! -- A Communist Intermezzo -- Alexander Dubcek -- The General Strike -- The Regime Strikes Back -- The Government of National Understanding -- Thomas Bata’s Homecoming -- The Campaign for President -- The Deconstruction of Communism -- President Havel -- The Canadian Connection -- Human Bridges -- A New/Old Political System -- The Economic Challenge -- The Rebirth of Party Politics -- Constitutional Crisis -- Dubcek Remembers -- Slovak Nationalism -- An Independent Foreign Policy -- The Campaign -- The First Free Elections -- The End of Czechoslovakism -- The National Awakening -- 1968 and 1989 -- Hello Good-bye -- The Disappearing Country -- The Next Revolution -- Index
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782635403321 |