Městská válka bez vítěze. Všeobecná československá výstava v Praze v roce 1991

• Authors: Adéla Gjuričová

Title variants

EN

Urban warfare without a victor. The General Czechoslovak Exhibition in Prague in 1991

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The General Czechoslovak Exhibition of 1991 was held in Prague Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice from 15 May to 28 October. Under the banner “The World We Want to Live in”, it sought to commemorate the grandiose General Land Centennial Exhibition, which was held in the same venue in 1891. It was also meant to present the state of Czech and Slovak manufacturing, agriculture, environment, arts and style, and attract large audiences from among both the general public and international business. Although the idea of the centennial exhibition had been raised by the previous Communist government, the practical arrangements for it were only implemented in the frantic months following the Velvet Revolution. As this took place at the beginning of the economic and political transformation, the concept of the event, and the funding and organization of it, were affected by the changing economic conditions and new political conflicts and tensions − between the federal, republic and municipal levels of decision-making, and between the interests of public representative bodies and the commercial exploitation of the post-Communist city.

Keywords

EN

General Czechoslovak Exhibition of 1991; post-Communist transformation; municipal administration; privatization

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 85-100
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Adéla Gjuričová

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic