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Contents Maps, Tables, and Plates vii A Note on Place Names and Czech References xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii Acknowledgments xv Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1 Chapter One: From Bohemians to Czechs and Germans 18 Group Loyalties in Prague before 1848 18 The Impetus for Change: The Czech National Movement and the Revolution of 1848 23 The Revival of Bohemian Society under the Bach Absolutism 28 The Beginnings of Ethnic Division 31 The End of Absolutism and the Transformation of Bohemian Society 36 Chapter Two: A German Community Emerges, 1861–1879 41 Voluntary Associations in Central European Society 42 The Era of Liberal Dominance in Bohemian German Politics 46 The Creation of German Community Life in Prague 49 The Class Limits of the German Community 56 Jews in the German Community 58 Chapter Three: The Demographic Realities 65 The Census and the Question of Nationality 66 The Dimensions of Decline 69 Attrition by Assimilation 75 The Occupational Profile of the German Minority 83 Czech-German Relations in Daily Life 93 Chapter Four: Defense of the Liberal Community 105 The End of German Liberal Dominance in Austria and Bohemia 106 New Czech Initiatives in Local Government 109 The German Liberal Response: Retreat and Regrouping 112 The Völkisch Movement in the Bohemian Borderlands 114 The Liberal Perspective on the New Era in Prague 116 Ethnic Defense and the Liberal Associational Network 118 Liberal Community Politics in the Era of Ethnic Defense 122 The Survival of German Middle-Class Society, 1879–1897 125 Community Defense and the Status of the German Jews 130 Chapter Five: The German Lower Strata, 1883–1897 137 The Handworkers’ Society and the Tactics of Co-optation 138 The Seedbed of Völkisch Opposition 142 Völkisch Dissidents in the Gymnastics Society 146 The Völkisch Outcasts 150 Support for the Völkisch Movement: Students and Lower-Strata Residents 154 The Liberal Tactics of Containment and Isolation 158 Ethnic Defense in Religious Affairs 159 Chapter Six: The Decline of Liberal Society, 1897–1914 170 A New Era of National Conflict 172 German Nationalist and Social Democratic Opponents 178 Community Defense in the Post-Liberal Era 185 In Search of a New Political Order 192 Conclusion: Ethnic Identity, Group Solidarity, and Historical Change 201 Appendix I: Statistical Procedures 211 Appendix II: Supplementary Tables 215 Notes 225 Sources 287 Index 325 ...