In the Kingdom of Shoes

Zachary Austin Doleshal

Published by University of Toronto Press 2021

In the Kingdom of Shoes

Bata, Zlín, Globalization, 1894–1945

Zachary Austin Doleshal

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487534462

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About this book

In the Kingdom of Shoes tells the story of the pioneering Bata Company, which created a fascinating company culture as it globalized industrial shoe production.

Author information

DoleshalZachary Austin:

Zachary Austin Doleshal is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of History at Sam Houston State University.

Reviews

Kimberly E. Zarecor, Professor of Architecture, Iowa State University:

"The epic rise of the Bata Shoe Company from small-town factory to global conglomerate is one of the great corporate stories of the twentieth century. Doleshal's well-crafted and deeply researched book offers the first comprehensive and objective history of the culture of Batism with its civilization-making aspirations and high levels of social control. In the Kingdom of Shoes adds significantly to our understanding of the successes and failures of modern capitalism."

Tara Zahra, Homer J. Livingston Professor of East European History and the College, University of Chicago:

"In the Kingdom of Shoes is a pathbreaking history of the Bata Shoe Company. It is simultaneously a brilliant history of globalization, the multinational corporation, and the company town, and how they all emerged and developed in the politically and economically turbulent context of Central Europe. This book is fascinating and essential reading for anyone interested in the history of capitalism, globalization, and nationalism in European and global history."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations and Terms Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 “A New Fixed Existence”: The Modernization of Zlín Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2 “Time Es Money”: The Americanization of the Dřevnice Valley, 1914–1923 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3 “An End to Politics,” 1923–1926 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
4 “Speak Briefly”: Rationalization and Everyday Life, 1926–1932 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 “Half the World Is Barefoot”: The Globalization of the Bat’a System, 1931–1937 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6 “The Path of Perfection”: Engineering the Batovci for an Uncertain World, 1933–1938 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
7 “Everyone Gives Their Soul to Their Country,” 1937–1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
8 “Not a Nazi, but More or Less a Fool,” 1939–1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 18
- Other: 18 b&w illustrations
Keywords: Bata Company; Bata shoes; globalization; Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic; capitalism; industrialization; history of shoes; footwear; business history; high modernism; Austria-Hungary; Zlín; history of shoes

eBook

Published: January 21, 2022
ISBN: 9781487534462