Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century (English, Derek Sayer)

About the Book

The story of modernity told through a cultural history of twentieth-century Prague Setting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth century." In this eagerly anticipated sequel to his acclaimed Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History , Derek Sayer argues that Prague could well be seen as the capital of the much darker twentieth ce…

ISBN: 9780691166315