This publication is presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services
University of Toronto Press
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed
Requires Authentication
4 “Speak Briefly”: Rationalization and Everyday Life, 1926–1932
You are currently not able to access this content.
You are currently not able to access this content.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Abbreviations and Terms xv
- Introduction 1
- 1 “A New Fixed Existence”: The Modernization of Zlín 21
- 2 “Time Es Money”: The Americanization of the Dřevnice Valley, 1914–1923 45
- 3 “An End to Politics,” 1923–1926 67
- 4 “Speak Briefly”: Rationalization and Everyday Life, 1926–1932 85
- 5 “Half the World Is Barefoot”: The Globalization of the Bat’a System, 1931–1937 109
- 6 “The Path of Perfection”: Engineering the Batovci for an Uncertain World, 1933–1938 133
- 7 “Everyone Gives Their Soul to Their Country,” 1937–1939 163
- 8 “Not a Nazi, but More or Less a Fool,” 1939–1945 183
- Conclusion 207
- Notes 215
- Bibliography 259
- Index 269
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Illustrations xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Abbreviations and Terms xv
- Introduction 1
- 1 “A New Fixed Existence”: The Modernization of Zlín 21
- 2 “Time Es Money”: The Americanization of the Dřevnice Valley, 1914–1923 45
- 3 “An End to Politics,” 1923–1926 67
- 4 “Speak Briefly”: Rationalization and Everyday Life, 1926–1932 85
- 5 “Half the World Is Barefoot”: The Globalization of the Bat’a System, 1931–1937 109
- 6 “The Path of Perfection”: Engineering the Batovci for an Uncertain World, 1933–1938 133
- 7 “Everyone Gives Their Soul to Their Country,” 1937–1939 163
- 8 “Not a Nazi, but More or Less a Fool,” 1939–1945 183
- Conclusion 207
- Notes 215
- Bibliography 259
- Index 269
