Through an Ethnic Prism

The book analyzes relations of ethnic Germans and Czechs in Austria-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia. Rather than dramatizing nationalistic passions and fears, it examines them in a nuanced historical approach based on the counterintuitive belief that strong, dominant ethnic groups should make concessions to minorities. This allows us to appreciate new complexities regarding the creation of Czechoslovakia and ponder them into the 21st century.