Jižní Amerika a její hospodářství na počátku 20. století pohledem Zdeňka Fafla

• Authors: Lukáš Perutka

Title variants

EN

Zdeněk Fafl’s reflection of South America, and its economy in the beginning of the 20th century

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study focuses on the figure of Zdenek Fafl (1881–1961), deputy of the Prague Chamber of Commerce who visited in 1910 and 1911 states in South America. The topic is addressed from a wide perspective of relations between Austria-Hungary and the respective countries. It is based on the material from the personal collection of Zdenek Fafl stored in the archive of the National Technical Museum in Prague as well as contemporary and present scientific literature. The main goal of this contribution is to introduce the personality of Zdenek Fafl and analyse his writings that offer us invaluable information about the South American countries and their relation with Austria-Hungary in the years prior to the World War I. Without any doubt Fafl’s diary presents the broadest material of its time about countries like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay or Chile and is also significant for future studies regarding Czechs and South America.

Keywords

EN

Zdenek Fafl; beginning of the 20th century; Czech emigration; economy of Austria-Hungary; travelogue of South America; Austria-Hungary relations with Latin America

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1046-1074
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lukáš Perutka

• Český časopis historický, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic