Za as naich prababiek a praddek – ivot na pelomu 19. a 20. stolet Kneblov Hana (2021)

The period from 1890 to 1914 is known as the Belle poque. During this beautiful era, major technological and economic advances took place. This Czech-language book introduces the life of the time in towns and villages, exploring which technological inventions became established, how people spent their free time, what they ate, where they shopped, how marriages were arranged and which superstitions formed a normal part of everyday life. It also looks at the umava death boards, Saint Johns bonfires on Radho, the new nobility, sports, the development of tourism, housing problems in Prague, major exhibitions and state officials. Readers learn how long military service lasted and whether men could avoid it. The book offers a glimpse into the world of great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers, remembered today with nostalgia, and into a remarkable era brought to an end by the First World War, after which the world changed fundamentally.