Contents // Life history & a chronology of design works // Introduction // Preissig as a designer // 9 // 11 // 13 // Chapter One Prague - Paris - study and practice (1892-1903) 17 // Chapter Two Prague - opening his studio (1903-1909) 65 // Chapter Three "The American Dream" (1910-1916) 109 // Chapter Four War intermezzo (1916-1918) 137 // Chapter Five The dilemma of the return (1919-1930) 161 // Chapter Six New visions (1931-1944) 197 // Epilogue 215 // Select bibliography 217 // List of illustrations 218