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“Peace for Our Time”: Past and Present Receptions of Neville Chamberlain’s Speech and the Munich Agreement [PDF]
, 2020 This paper covers British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain\u27s role in the Munich Agreement, as well as his September 30th speech in London, and explains how Chamberlain\u27s attempt to negotiate peace with Hitler was received by the public.
Uszak, Erica L.
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Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article provides a systematic synthesis of contemporary elite sociology through the analytical lens of change and stability. We distinguish between two types of change: change within elites, referring to transformations in elite composition, circulation, or internal characteristics; and change by elites, designating processes whereby ...
Lena Ajdacic +13 more
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Stability of Monetary Unions: Lessons from the Break-up of Czechoslovakia [PDF]
In 1993, Czechoslovakia experienced a two-fold break-up: On January 1, the country disintegrated as a political union, while preserving an economic and monetary union. Then, the Czech-Slovak monetary union collapsed on February 8. We analyze the economic
Fidrmuc, Jan +2 more
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Czechoslovak monetary reform of 1953
Prawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2020 This paper aims to approximate and analyse the reasons of the currency reform that took place in 1953 in communist Czechoslovakia, as well as to describe its legal and technical aspects.
Martin Pracný
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Russian Open Medical Journal, 2019 The article is devoted to the analysis of the health status of emigrant students from Russia who lived in the Republic of Czechoslovakia in the 1920s. Special attention is paid to the spread of tuberculosis among students.
Lyudmila V. Klimovich +1 more
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Science of Gymnastics Journal, 2021 The aim of the article is to provide a description of the emergence and genesis of the Spartakiade in the territory of former Czechoslovakia. In the article, we focused on the origin and development of mass sport in Czechoslovakia since 1918, on the ...
Michal Bábela, Josef Oborný
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Breeding and exploitation of prolific breeds in Czechoslovakia
Agricultural and Food Science, 1988 In the years 1971—1979 many experiments were conducted in order to elucidate problems of meat production increase in sheep. Ewes of native breeds (Mutton Merino = M, Improved Wallachian = I) were mated to rams of prolific breeds (Finnsheep = F, Romanov =
V. Jakubec, J. Křižek
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
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Political and Economic Relations between Czechoslovakia and the Military Regimes of the Southern Cone in the 1970s and 1980s [PDF]
Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2013 Based on unpublished archival documents, this work analyses the relations between Czechoslovakia and the military regimes in Argentina (1976–1983), Uruguay (1973–1985) and Chile (1973–1989). Besides Czechoslovakia, attention is also devoted to the Soviet
Michal Zourek
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