Czech America

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Did you know that more than 100000 Czechs lived in Chicago before World War I making it the third largest Czech city after Prague and Vienna? Did you hear about </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Eastland</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> disaster also known as the Czech Titanic? Did you know that there is a Czech National Cemetery in the USA? You might also be surprised to know that in 1931 a Czech became the mayor of Chicago. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The monograph </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Czech America: Chicago</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> provides a comprehensive look at the development of the Czech community in Chicago between 1848-1945. The main part of the book is devoted to the socio-cultural economic and political development of the Czech minority from an ethno-historical perspective.</span></p>