Slovakia And The Slovaks

Author : Mikuláš Teich,Dušan Kováč,Martin D. Brown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139494946

Get Book

Slovakia in History by Mikuláš Teich,Dušan Kováč,Martin D. Brown Pdf

Until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Slovakia's identity seemed inextricably linked with that of the former state. This book explores the key moments and themes in the history of Slovakia from the Duchy of Nitra's ninth-century origins to the establishment of independent Slovakia at midnight 1992–3. Leading scholars chart the gradual ethnic awakening of the Slovaks during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and examine how Slovak national identity took shape with the codification of standard literary Slovak in 1843 and the subsequent development of the Slovak national movement. They show how, after a thousand years of Magyar-Slovak coexistence, Slovakia became part of the new Czechoslovak state from 1918–39, and shed new light on its role as a Nazi client state as well as on the postwar developments leading up to full statehood in the aftermath of the collapse of communism in 1989. There is no comparable book in English on the subject.

Author : Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002602506

Get Book

A History of Slovakia by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum Pdf

A history of Slovakia from prehistory to the 1990s. It includes a description of the development of a Slovakian consciousness, from the 19th century under the colonial rule of the Hungarians, through the merger into Czechoslovakia, Nazi-sponsored independence, the Russian invasion and independence.

Author : Joseph A. Mikuš
Publisher : Washington : Three Continents Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Slovak Republic (Czechoslovakia)
ISBN : UOM:39015005020998

Get Book

Slovakia and the Slovaks by Joseph A. Mikuš Pdf

Author : M. Mark Stolarik
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633861547

Get Book

The Czech and Slovak Republics by M. Mark Stolarik Pdf

The essays in the book compare the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The papers deal with the causes of the divorce and discuss the political, economic and social developments in the new countries. This is the only English-language volume that presents the synoptic findings of leading Czech, Slovak, and North American scholars in the field.The authors include two former Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, eight leading scholars (four Czechs and four Slovaks), and eight knowledgeable commentators from North America. The most significant new insight is that in spite of predictions by various pundits in the Western World that Czechia would flourish after the breakup and Slovakia would languish, the opposite has happened. While the Czech Republic did well in its early years, it is now languishing while Slovakia, which had a rough start, is now doing very well. Anyone interested in the history of the Czech and Slovak Republics over the last twenty years will find gratification in reading this book.

Author : Peter P. Jurchak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Czechoslovakia
ISBN : UVA:X001405278

Get Book

The Slovaks by Peter P. Jurchak Pdf

Author : Tamara Archleb Gály
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128381469

Get Book

The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks by Tamara Archleb Gály Pdf

Author : Peter Brock
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1976-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442650862

Get Book

The Slovak National Awakening by Peter Brock Pdf

The Slovaks lived under Hungarian rule for centuries, with no clear sense of political separateness, preserving Slovak as their spoken language, but using Czech as their written language. In the last decades of the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries, the efforts made by clerical intellectuals to develop a language more closely attuned to Slovak needs led to the rise of Slovak nationalism. The Slovak National Awakening describes the three major stages in the development of national consciousness. In the 1780s Catholic intellectuals began to write in the vernacular; a Catholic priest, Bernolàk, produced a Slovak grammar and dictionary and an influential treatise in defence of Slovak as a language separate from Czech. However, while Slovak ethnic distinctness was being asserted, the sense of belonging to the Hungarian nation was not questioned. The next steps were taken by the Protestant intelligentsia, who had been pro-Czech since the Reformation. Influenced by German concepts of linguistic nationalism, they began to assert Slovak cultural and linguistic separateness, but still within the political framework of the Hungarian State. The third stage in the Slovak Awakening came in the mid-1840s when a group of young Protestant intellectuals, led by L’udovít Štúr, rejected their predecessors’ ‘Czechoslovakism’ and advocated a Slovak language and a Slovak nationality. In 1851, the Catholic Bernolákites and the Protestant Štúrites were able to agree on the language that became the basis of modern Slovak. This study of the relation between language and nationalism will appeal to specialists in European history and will be of interest for the light it throws on modern separatists and anti-imperialist movements.

Author : Ahmet Ersoy,Maciej G¢rny,Vangelis Kechriotis
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789637326615

Get Book

Modernism: The Creation of Nation-States by Ahmet Ersoy,Maciej G¢rny,Vangelis Kechriotis Pdf

Notwithstanding the advantages of physical power, the struggle for survival among societies is not merely a matter of serial armed clashes but of the nation's spiritual resources that in the end always decide upon the victory. In Europe, there indeed exist independent countries, insignificant from the point of view of the entire civilization, and born by sheer coincidence, yet, this coincidence, this fancy, or diplomatic ploy that created them can just as easily bring them to an end---the nations that count in the political calculations are only the enlightened ones. Therefore, our nation should not merely grow in power, strengthen its character, and foster in people the feeling of love for homeland, but also---inasmuch as it is possible---breath the fresh breeze of humanity's general progress, feed it to the nation, absorb its creative energy. Until now, we have trusted and lived only in the weary conditions, conditions devoid of health-giving elements---now, as a result the nation's heart beats too slowly and its mind works too tediously. We ought to open our windows to Europe, to the wind of continental change and allow it to air our sultry home, since as not all health comes from the inside, not all disease comes from the outside.

Author : Balázs Trencsényi,Michal Kopeček
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9786155211249

Get Book

National Romanticism by Balázs Trencsényi,Michal Kopeček Pdf

67 texts, including hymns, manifestos, articles or extracts from lengthy studies exemplify the relation between Romanticism and the national movements in the cultural space ranging from Poland to the Ottoman Empire. Each text is accompanied by a presentation of the author, and by an analysis of the context in which the respective work was born.The end of the 18th century and first decades of the 19th were in many respects a watershed period in European history. The ideas of the Enlightenment and the dramatic convulsions of the French Revolution had shattered the old bonds and cast doubt upon the established moral and social norms of the old corporate society. In culture a new trend, Romanticism, was successfully asserting itself against Classicism and provided a new key for a growing number of activists to 're-imagine' their national community, reaching beyond the traditional frameworks of identification (such as the 'political nation', regional patriotism, or Christian universalism). The collection focuses on the interplay of Romantic cultural discourses and the shaping of national ideology throughout the 19th century, tracing the patterns of cultural transfer with Western Europe as well as the mimetic competition of national ideologies within the region.

Author : Konštantín Čulen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 0965193225

Get Book

History of Slovaks in America by Konštantín Čulen Pdf

Hardcover book with Dusk jacket cover (front and back) depicting scenes of Slovak life in America. The dust jacket has not yet been designed.

Author : Anton Špiesz,Dušan Čaplovič
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nationalism
ISBN : 9780865165007

Get Book

Illustrated Slovak History by Anton Špiesz,Dušan Čaplovič Pdf

Little contemporary scholarship on Slovak history exists in English. This title fills an important gap in historiography about events throughout Central Europe over the last fourteen centuries. It presents the history of Slovakia in terms of the latest scholarship and in the context of on-going historical debate about Slovak history and its presentation in post-socialist world. Extensive footnotes by scholars, 350 color illustrations, Index, Bibliography, Foreword and Epilogue.

Author : James Ramon Felak
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822976943

Get Book

At the Price of the Republic by James Ramon Felak Pdf

Slovak nationalist sentiment has been a constant presence in the history of Czechoslovakia, coming to head in the torrent of nationalism that resulted in the dissolution of the Republic on January 1, 1993. James Felak examines a parallel episode in the 1930s with Slovak nationalists achieved autonomy for Slovakia-but “at the price” of the loss of East Central Europe's only parliamentary democracy and the strengthening of Nazi power. The tensions between Czechs and Slovaks date back to the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. Slovaks, who differed sharply in political tradition, social and economic development, and culture, and resented being governed by a centralized administration run from the Czech capital of Prague, formed the Slovak People's Party, led by Roman Catholic priest Ankrej Hlinka. Drawing heavily on Czech and Slovak archives, Felak provides a balanced history of the party, offering unprecedented insight into intraparty factionalism and behind-the-scenes maneuvering surrounding SSP's policy decisions.

Author : Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810864696

Get Book

Historical Dictionary of Slovakia by Stanislav J. Kirschbaum Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Slovakia offers in its second edition an up to date series of entries on Slovak political, social, and economic development since the creation of the second Slovak Republic in 1993 until its admission into the European Union in 2004.

Author : Gilbert Lawrence Oddo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Slovakia
ISBN : UOM:39015012927193

Get Book

Slovakia and Its People by Gilbert Lawrence Oddo Pdf

Author : Julius Horváth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429514470

Get Book

A History of Slovak Economic Thought by Julius Horváth Pdf

Slovakia has a rich and complex history, but until now there has not been a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s economic thought. This volume expertly fills this gap and traces the development of Slovak economic thought from the sixteenth century to the present day. Identifying key themes, moments, and thinkers, the chapters in this work consider the evolution of Slovak economic ideas and explores the nation’s place alongside other schools of thought. Significant coverage is given to the economists Gregorius Berzeviczy and Imrich Karvaš, as well as landmark periods such as the creation of Czechoslovakia, the World Wars, the Socialist regime, and post-Communist Slovakia. This book is of interest to advanced students and researchers of the history of economic thought, economic history, and political economy, as well as those with a specific interest in the history of Slovakia.