Nancy M. Wingfield is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University.

• List of Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Imagining the Emperor: Statues of Joseph II as Sites of German Identity 2. The Battle Joined: Protesting the Badeni Language Ordinances 3. The Moravians Compromise?: Czechs, Germans, and the Question of a Second Czech University 4. Centers and Peripheries: The Francis Joseph Jubilees 5. National Myths and the Consolidation of the Czechoslovak State 6. Pomp and Circumstances: Commemorations and the Construction of National Memory 7. The Politics of Sound: "Talkies" and Anti-German Demonstrations in Prague 8. The Attempt to Construct a German Community 9. The Politics of Memory in Postwar Czechoslovakia Epilogue Notes Index

Wingfield effectively illuminates the process of 'becoming national' in the Czech lands in a lively study that enriches our understanding of how nationalism secured its victory. She sheds useful light on the roots of the antagonism between Czechs and Germans and uncovers the role this story played in preparing Czechoslovakia for the victory of the communists after World War II.

Nancy M. Wingfield is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University.

• List of Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Imagining the Emperor: Statues of Joseph II as Sites of German Identity 2. The Battle Joined: Protesting the Badeni Language Ordinances 3. The Moravians Compromise?: Czechs, Germans, and the Question of a Second Czech University 4. Centers and Peripheries: The Francis Joseph Jubilees 5. National Myths and the Consolidation of the Czechoslovak State 6. Pomp and Circumstances: Commemorations and the Construction of National Memory 7. The Politics of Sound: "Talkies" and Anti-German Demonstrations in Prague 8. The Attempt to Construct a German Community 9. The Politics of Memory in Postwar Czechoslovakia Epilogue Notes Index

Wingfield effectively illuminates the process of 'becoming national' in the Czech lands in a lively study that enriches our understanding of how nationalism secured its victory. She sheds useful light on the roots of the antagonism between Czechs and Germans and uncovers the role this story played in preparing Czechoslovakia for the victory of the communists after World War II.

Nancy M. Wingfield is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University.

• List of Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Imagining the Emperor: Statues of Joseph II as Sites of German Identity 2. The Battle Joined: Protesting the Badeni Language Ordinances 3. The Moravians Compromise?: Czechs, Germans, and the Question of a Second Czech University 4. Centers and Peripheries: The Francis Joseph Jubilees 5. National Myths and the Consolidation of the Czechoslovak State 6. Pomp and Circumstances: Commemorations and the Construction of National Memory 7. The Politics of Sound: "Talkies" and Anti-German Demonstrations in Prague 8. The Attempt to Construct a German Community 9. The Politics of Memory in Postwar Czechoslovakia Epilogue Notes Index

Wingfield effectively illuminates the process of 'becoming national' in the Czech lands in a lively study that enriches our understanding of how nationalism secured its victory. She sheds useful light on the roots of the antagonism between Czechs and Germans and uncovers the role this story played in preparing Czechoslovakia for the victory of the communists after World War II.