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Economic crisis in 1929-1934 and its impact on the Jablonec glass industry with special reference to Železný Brod region
Bursová, Veronika ; Jakubec, Ivan (advisor) ; Bareš, Jiří (referee)
A B S T R A C T This thesis analyzes the impact of the economic crisis in 1929-1934 on the Jablonec glass making with main attention to the district Železný Brod. One of the main causes of decline of the Czechoslovak glass industry in the first half of the 30s of 20th century was formed by pro-export focus. The region of Železný Brod and Jablonec nad Nisou had represented sites with major export, production and refining of glass that were for this reason by the economic crisis strongly affected. Deteriorating economic conditions at the beginning of 30s have resulted in intensified state intervention in industry, including the glass manufacturing as one of the most affected industrial areas. Because mostly cartels had regulatory function in the industry, a number of agreements among the glass producers in Jablonec nad Nisou and Železný Brod area were concluded. This thesis considers with different types of production and refining of the glass in order to offer the complete overview over the glass production in districts Jalonec nad Nisou and Železný Brod. The second part puts also emphasis on the social status of domestic craftsmen considering their relations with employers, which determined in times of economic crisis the legislation enacted after establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, in the 20s and...
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The District court in Hradec Králové and its judiciary practice during the era of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938)
Tichá, Lucie ; Šouša, Jiří (advisor) ; Dobeš, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis attends to activities of the District Court in Hradec Králové in the period 1918 - 1938 with the incorporation in the context of the overall development of the judicial organization in the Czech lands and also historical evolution of the Hradec Králové region. The opening part deals with the First Republic's judiciary and legislature, as formed from the 19th century. After that follows an overview of organizational development judicial administration in the Czech lands in the era 1848 - 1938 and section devoted to history of the Hradec Králové region. The second part of this thesis is concretely aimed at scope of the District Court in Hradec Králové in the interwar period, in the process of the action in court, in the structure of the court, domains and distribution of judicial work with an analysis of the model cases. Keywords: district court, judicial administration, Hradec Králové, regional history, legislation, judicial ordering, common plea, surrogate court, penal offence, the First Czechoslovak Republic
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Free(lance) journalist Franta Kocourek
Jiřička, Jan ; Končelík, Jakub (advisor) ; Suk, Pavel (referee)
This diploma thesis "Freelance journalist Franta Kocourek" deals with the life and career of Franta Kocourek, the important Czechoslovak journalist in the 20. century. Diploma focuses especially on his working in the press media - prestigious periodicals of the First Czechoslovak Republic weekly magazine Přítomnost and daily newspaper Lidové noviny, not too much successful weekly magazine Groš, leaded by himself, and daily newspaper Slovenský hlas. Kocourek especially had concentrated on reportages, but he was also very universial in styles and issues. He had been writing profound reportages about growing influence of nacism besides surveys about people living at the edge of society, expert studies about the cinemotagraphy or essayes. This diploma describes Kocourek as a omnifarious personality, who had been occupying by literature, movies or public lectures except his working in media. There is also mentioned his working in the radio, where he had been improving among the best reporters at the turn of the 1930s and the 1940s, who had been going along with the Czechoslovak people during last period of the First Czechoslovak Republic, short time of the Second Czechoslovak Republic and the nazi ocupation. Diploma puts near Kocourek not only as a top, well-educated and much-travelled journalist, but...
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Methodology for Restoration of the First Republic's Villa Gardens
Zámečník, Roman ; Šimek, Pavel
The aim of the methodology is to create a coherent process aimed at restoring the gardens built between the world wars of the 20th century. The starting point in the methodology was the effort to analyze, interpret and draw attention to this specific segment of national cultural wealth, which has not yet been given greater attention in the professional circles. As a proof of the development of the garden art of the Czech lands, it presents the first republican art, especially its segment - the garden of villas, one of the most vulnerable proofs of the maturity of our culture.
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Antonín Švehla and the Czech Catholics in the period of the first republic
DĚDOVÁ, Miroslava
This thesis deals with the relation between the agrarian politician Antonín Švehla and a catholic party in the period of the first Czechoslovak Republic. This work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is The Introduction including the aim of this work and the most important sources used by creating this work. The second chapter is structured in five other subheads and is called The Personality of Antonín Švehla. There is presented the life of this important agrarian, his political influence, the characterization of all three governments, in which he was the prime minister and his party's victory in parliamentary elections in 1925. The third chapter called Antonín Švehla's relation to catholicism is divided in four subheads. The core of this chapter is to analyse Švehla's views on religion, his relation to political catholicism, to catholic personalities and to Šrámek's Czechoslovak People's Party. The last chapter is The Conclusion which summarizes the main contribution of the thesis.
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The personality of the Austrian envoy Ferdinand Marek in Czechoslovakia and the profil of his political relations in the 1920s and 1930s in the 20th century
KLOFÁČOVÁ, Michaela
The study focuses on the personality of the Austrian envoy and diplomat Ferdinand Marek in Prague and the changes of his personality in connection with the political relations in the 1920s and 1930s in context of the international-political development in Czechoslovakia between the wars. The aim of the work is the analysis and description of activities of the Austrian envoy in Prague, with regard to the character of the diplomatic and personal reports to his maternal institution the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Vienna. The other focus is the analysis of the historical context of this period in the area of Central Europe, including Czechoslovakia. The work comes out of the reports of the Austrian State Archives (Österreichisches Staatsarchiv Wien), which have not been published yet. Many German, Austrian and Czech literary sources were also used. The work is written in the Czech language.
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The parliamentary elections in 1925
DĚDOVÁ, Miroslava
This thesis deals with the Czechoslovak parliamentary elections in 1925. This is the second elections in the newly created republic. This work is structured into particular chapters. The first chapter is Introduction that informs about the aim of this work and its overall structure. The next chapter is called The Situation in Czechoslovakia before the parliamentary elections in 1925, in individual subchapters is analysed the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic, the analysis of the first parliamentary elections in 1920, followed by a description of the situation before the second parliamentary elections and the governments summary till 1925. In the third chapter, The parliamentary elections in 1925, are separately analysed the parliamentary elections in 1925. The penultimate chapter, Czechoslovakia after the elections in 1925, describes the atmosphere of that period after the elections. The last chapter is Conclusion.
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Life of Alice Masaryk, and its contribution to social work
ŠKODOVÁ, Eliška
This thesis deals with the life and social activities of Dr. Alice Garrigue Masaryk and her presidency of the Czechoslovak Red Cross. The first part of the thesis describes the development of social work in our country, and the emergence of the international humanitarian organization Red Cross and the beginnings of the Czechoslovak Red Cross. The second part presents the biography of Alice Masaryk and her social activities, which culminated in her presidency of the Czechoslovak Red Cross. The thesis concludes with the evaluation of Alice´s work and her contribution to the development of social work in Czechoslovakia and her contemporaries and followers´ reactions to her work.
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