COMENIUS – VOL. 3 NUMBER 2 – 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. 3 NUMBER 2

  • I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
  • II. CENTRAL EUROPE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
    • The Camphill Movement in the United States and Czech Republic by Šárka Klímová 173 Efforts to place Soviet Troops in Czechoslovakia until the Beginning of 1968 by Martin Čížek 185 The Struggle for Czechoslovak Literature in Exile, 1971–1994 by Francis D. Raška 201 The Hamlet of Central Europe: Czechs Between East and West by Igor Lukeš 215
  • III. EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
    • Education and Politics: The Standpoint of the Czech Deputy Prime Minister by Pavel Bělobrádek 225 Understanding US Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: The Insights of John Amos Comenius by John Barron Boyd, Jr. 227 The State of Higher Education in the United States by Bryon Lee Grigsby 241 American High School Systems according to the Views of Czech Pedagogues, Part II – Personal Experience by Ilona Moravcová (Ďatko) 251
  • IV. BOOK REVIEWS
    • Franz SCHÖN and Dietrich SCHOLZE (eds.), Sorbisches Kulturlexikon by Jaroslav Pánek 271 Roman ZAORAL (ed.), Money and Finance in Central Europe during the Later Middle Ages (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) by Petr Vorel 274 Petr VOREL, From the Silver Czech Tolar to a Worldwide Dollar (The Birth of the Dollar and its Journey of Monetary Circulation in Europe and the World from the 16th to the 20th Century) by Ladislav Nekvapil 279 Alberto TRONCHIN, Spravedlivý riskuje. Karel Weirich, český novinář a zachránce Židů v Itálii, [The Just Takes Risks: Karel Weirich, Czech journalist and rescuer of Jews in Italy] by Jaroslav Pánek 281 Jiří HOPPE, Markéta ŠKODOVÁ, Jiří SUK, and Francesco CACCAMO, „O nový československý model socialismu.“ Čtyři interdisciplinární vědecké týmy při ČSAV a UK v 60. letech [“Striving for a New Czechoslovak Model of Socialism.” Four Interdisciplinary Scientific Teams of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the Charles University in the 1960s] by Francis D. Raška 284 Karel BARTOŠEK, Z papírků (1973–74) [From Slips of Paper (1973–74)] by Francis D. Raška 288 “King Jagiello”: The Monument to the Polish King in New York´s Central Park by Marceli Kosman (Appendix: Illustrations) 290