"Replacing an Eagle with a Lion": Reconstruction of the Symbolic Images of the Nation-State Identity in Bohemian Lands after 1918

David Smrcek, Vojtěch Kessler

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Abstract

The chapter describes the changes in the development of the attitudes of the Czech and Slovak society towards monuments and symbols of the old empire and its nationalities. In particular, it looks at continuities and ruptures around 1918.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCentral and Eastern Europe and the World in the 20th Century
Subtitle of host publicationContinuities and Discontinuities
EditorsLukáš Novotný, Jaroslav Valkoun, Csilla Dömők
Place of PublicationHamburg; Wien
PublisherNew Academic Press
Pages143-158
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)978-3-7003-2302-0
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 601005 European history

Keywords

  • Symbols
  • Memorials
  • Ruptures
  • Czechoslovak Republic
  • Bohemia

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