ISBN:
978-80-7036-607-3
Language:
English
Pages:
333 Seiten, 98 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
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Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits
Keywords:
Mexiko Reisebericht
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Nykl, Alois Richard [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
Alois Richard Nykl (1885-1958) was a phenomenal Czech linguist, polyglot, journalist, philosopher, amateur archaeologist and tireless globetrotter. Until present, the extraordinary life and legacy of this remarkable scholar has been better known in the scholary community abroad rather than in his homeland. In the former Czechoslovakia after the Communist coup, Nykl, as a citizen of a hostile country, the United States, became a persona non grata and over the decades he fell into almost complete oblivion. Only in recent years, as the processing of a vast personal literary estate Nyle bequeathed to the Náprstek Museum continues, his interesting personality has been coming back to light.The unpublished travelogue "Present-Day Mexico," which, complemented with the author's photographs, served as the initial material for this edition, offers a colorful and multilayered picture of Mexican society in the 1920s as well as Nykl's complex personality. After over 90 years, his analyses of the contemporary situation and estimates of the future development of Mexico provide an opportunity for an interesting comparison with the present state of affairs. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Alois Richard Nykl: his life and works (Josef Ženka) -- A. R. Nykl's abstract of the book sent to publishers -- Alois Richard Nykl in Mexico (José Luis Escalona Victoria) -- The image of Mexico in the Czech lands and Czech travel to this part of the New World in the nineteenth and twentieth century (Markéta Krížová) -- Editor's note (Dagmar Winklerová, Markéta Krížová) -- Present-day Mexico: gleaning og tow years' travel and study from Rio Grande to Yucatán, by A. R. Nykl, December, 1925 -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Spanish words and phrases -- Indes [sic!] of names -- Index of places
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