DOI 10.60531/INSIGHTOUT.2024.2.10| DENK: LIGHTS AND SHADOWS_ INSIGHTOUT 2(2024) 68Libor DenkLights and shadowsThe development and functioning of small towns in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1938ABSTRACTThis article focuses on the development of towns and urban infrastructure from 1918 to 1938 inwhat was then Czechoslovakia, using the example of the small town of Nové Město na Moravě.At this time small towns in Czechoslovakia were struggling with high budget deficits and theinability to implement the most important and necessary municipal projects.The First Czechoslovak Republic was based on a democratic concept that allowed a broadercross-section of society, including women, participation in political life and municipal self-government. One research question is whether there were women on the councils during thisperiod who could, thanks to this position, participate in the building of modern infrastructure.The next research question addresses the circumstances under which major municipal projectswere built and the problems the councillors encountered in their implementation. As an example, projects related to urban sanitation – water supply and sewerage – were chosen.CVLibor Denk works as a PhD student at Palacký University in Olomouc and as a historian andcurator of the Horácké Museum in Nové Město na Moravě.His research focuses on the historyof business and the development of cities in the 19th and 20th centuries.KEYWORDSInfrastructure, Small town, Czechoslovakia, 20th centuryLibor Denk,„Lights and shadows. The development and functioning of small towns in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1938“,insightOut. Journal on Gender and Sexuality in STEM Collections andCultures, 2(2024), 67–74, DOI: 10.60531/insightout.2024.2.10DOI: 10.60531/insightout.2024.2.10Published under license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
