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Historical Atlases 1848-1989 and Central European Area.
Močičková, Jitka ; Semotanová, Eva (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee) ; Cajthaml, Jiří (referee)
Historical Atlases 1848-1989 and Central European Area Mgr. Jitka Močičková Abstract Historical atlases are a specific type of document whose character gradually formed on the background of several traditional genres (geographical atlases, historical manuals and compendia, etc.). From their beginnings, dating back to the early modern period, they were thus on the borderline between the humanities and the natural sciences. Their significant modernisation and increase in production took place during the 19th century. Their form and content were influenced not only by the contemporary state of historical knowledge, the level of cartographic skills and technologies (printing techniques, development of colour print) but also by the education policies of individual states, as a significant part of the production of historical atlases were from the second half of the 19th century intended for the needs of school teaching (but there were also popular-educational and scientific works). The seemingly unbiased genre, which maps the past, was equally significantly imprinted with the present, especially the current political and social situation (e.g. the rise of modern nationalism or the totalitarian and authoritarian regimes of the 20th century) and therefore had undeniable persuasive potential. The primary role of...
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