Description: In From Praha to Prague, Philip D. Smith examines how the Czechs who founded and settled in Prague, Oklahoma, embraced the economic and cultural activities of their American hometown while maintaining their ethnic identity.
Brief description: Philip D. Smith is Assistant Professor of History at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Review Quotes: "Philip D. Smith explores the economic, educational, and religious life of the Czechs in Prague, Oklahoma, from the town's founding to the present. A model of ethnic history, From Praha to Prague is the most in-depth and insightful examination to date of the struggles, accomplishments, and pride of a group of immigrant settlers and the community they formed."--Kenny L. Brown, author of The Italians in Oklahoma