Caitlin E. Murdock is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach.
"[Murdock] challenges the notions of national essentialism and of
the significance of frontiers, noting that southern Saxony and
northern Bohemia developed as an integrated economic and cultural
region as a result of industrialization, increased labor mobility,
and mass communications...Murdock presents residents of the
borderlands, whether Saxons, Czechs, or Sudeten Germans, as active
protagonists in the making and unmaking of local and national
identities, and argues that events in the borderlands often forced
the hand of governments."
--Choice, D A Harvey, New College of Florida
"Changing Places adds an interesting and well-researched empirical
study of northwestern Bohemia, which nicely supplements previous
investigations of localities in the south of the province. It makes
a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on
Bohemia's borders and identities." ---Austrian History Yearbook,
Peter Thaler, Univ. of Southern Denmark
"[Murdock] challenges the notions of national essentialism and of
the significance of frontiers, noting that southern Saxony and
northern Bohemia developed as an integrated economic and cultural
region as a result of industrialization, increased labor mobility,
and mass communications...Murdock presents residents of the
borderlands, whether Saxons, Czechs, or Sudeten Germans, as active
protagonists in the making and unmaking of local and national
identities, and argues that events in the borderlands often forced
the hand of governments."
—Choice, D A Harvey, New College of Florida
*CHOICE*
"Changing Places adds an interesting and well-researched empirical
study of northwestern Bohemia, which nicely supplements previous
investigations of localities in the south of the province. It makes
a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on
Bohemia's borders and identities."
—Austrian History Yearbook, Peter Thaler, Univ. of Southern
Denmark
*Austrian History Yearbook*
"…a pioneering piece of research…an impressive and fascinating
read."
—Milos Reznik, Slavic Review
*Slavic Review*
"[Caitlin Murdock] makes a valuable contribution to the history of
state—society relations…."
—Cathleen M. Giustino, Social History
*Social History*
"Caitlin E. Murdock's book is a significant contribution to the
growing literature on frontiers in European history. Her impressive
research in both German and Czech archives allows her to write a
book that is simultaneously transnational and regional, using the
history of the Saxo-Bohemian borderlands to challenge the
centrality of the nation-state in the history of Central
Europe."
—Annemarie Sammartino, The American Historical Review
*The American Historical Review*
"…a bold and thoughtful book that only a handful of historians
could write. Crossing borders and combining historiographies has
led to an important work that should find a wide audience among
historians of Saxony, Germany, Bohemia, the Habsburg monarchy, and
Czechoslovakia—not to mention the growing legion of scholars who
simply prefer to be called historians of Central Europe."
—Chad Bryant, H-Net Reviews
*H-Net Reviews*
"By offering an in-depth and dynamic portrayal of borderland life,
Murdock provides a compelling version of Central Europe's past that
differs greatly from ones that focus exclusively on nations and
heads of state."
—David Gerlach, German Studies Review
*German Studies Review*
"...Murdock's book provides excellent insights into life along the
Saxon-Bohemian frontier from the late nineteenth century through
the interwar period. It is a welcome addition to the scholarship on
borderlands and will be an essential point of reference for future
contributions to the field."
—James Bjork, Journal of Modern History
*Journal of Modern History*
“Murdock has written a bold and thoughtful book that only a handful
of historians could write. Crossing borders and combining
historiographies has led to an important work that should find a
wide audience among historians of Saxony, Germany, Bohemia, the
Habsburg monarchy, and Czechoslovakia–not to mention the growing
legion of scholars who simply prefer to be called historians of
Central Europe.”
—Chad Bryant, Habsburg (H-Net)
*Habsburg (H-Net)*
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