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Intercontinental aneb Jak stavěli Američané v socialistické Praze luxusní hotel
The Intercontinental, Or How the Americans Built a Luxury Hotel in Socialist Prague

Author(s): Pavla Savická
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Hotel Intercontinental; Prague; socialism;

Summary/Abstract: The iconic buildings of international hotel networks became an obvious symbol of the dominance of the United States after World War Two. In the 1950s they were built in South America, Western Europe and the Near East. A decade later, their operators began striving for advantageous positions in the Eastern Bloc, too.

  • Issue Year: XVI/2022
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 13-20
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Czech
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