Original title: Vytváření a udržování komunity: Čeští Američané v Omaze, Nebraska.
Translated title: Creating and Preserving Community: Czech Americans in Omaha, Nebraska.
Authors: Shattuck, Stephanie Marie ; Králová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Perutka, Lukáš (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2023
Language: eng
Abstract: Czechs are one of the many diasporic communities that exist in the United States. The state of Nebraska contains one of the largest Czech diasporas in the country. This thesis looks at the Czech diaspora in Omaha, Nebraska - the largest city in the state. Through the use of interviews and archival research, a fragmented microhistory of the community is created answering the questions of how the community has changed since its founding, how it maintains its ethnic heritage, how it represents itself to the public, and what its future holds. This thesis argues that the key challenges to the vitality of the community are generational shifts, conflicts and lack of cooperation between community organizations, and finances.
Keywords: Czech Americans; diaspora studies; ethnic heritage organizations; Nebraska

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/182218

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