History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival (2005)

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Cover Title Contents Dedication Preface to the Second Edition MAPS 01. The Slovak Republic of 1993 02. The Great Moravian Empire 03. Slovak counties (župy) in Hungary 04. The First Czechoslovak Republic 1918–1938 05. The Slovak Republic of 1939 Introduction 01. THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE Geography and Population Pre-history Celts, German Tribes, and Romans Slavs and Avars 02. THE FIRST STATE The Empire of Great Moravia The First Princes Rastislav and Svätopluk Cyril and Methodius The End and The Legacy of Great Moravia 03. THE MIDDLE AGES Under The Arpads Matthew Cak Hussitism in Slovakia Social and Economic Development 04. THE HABSBURG EMPIRE The Turkish Occupation of Hungary The Reformation and Counter-reformation in Slovakia Slovakia and the Magnate Rebellions The Beginnings of Habsburg Absolutism 05. THE NATIONAL AWAKENING The Codification of The Slovak Language The Challenge From Biblical Czech The Reform of The Slovak Language Slovak Romanticism 06. THE POLITICS OF SURVIVAL The Preparatory Years The Magyar-slovak Relationship The Revolutionary Years 1848–1849 07. THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD Neoabsolutism and the Austro-hungarian Compromise The Slovak Agenda The Memorandum and Matica Slovenska The Imperatives of Survival New Political Options The Czechoslovak Orientation Economic and Social Development 08. THE FIRST CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC 1918–1938 In a New State The International Context Slovakia and the Formation of the State Slovak Autonomy Czechoslovakism and Slovak Nationalism The Slovaks and the Czechoslovak State The Breakup of the First Republic 09. THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC 1939–1945 The International Context The First Six Months Slovak Political Life The Jewish Tragedy Social, Economic, and Cultural Policies Opposition to the Slovak Republic 10. THE UPRISING OF 1944 A Military Action A Question of the Future The Situation in Slovakia The Preparations and Outcome of the Uprising What Status for Slovakia? Epilogue and Prologue 11. COMMUNISM AND FEDERALISM Slovakia in Postwar Czechoslovakia Communist Slovakia Liberalization and Federalization Normalization 12. DEMOCRACY AND INDEPENDENCE A New Political Setting Free Elections Constitutional Discussions The 1992 Elections and Independence 13. THE RETURN TO EUROPE Creating a New State Toward a “democratic Deficit?” A Foreign Policy Failure Economic Development Other Issues The 1998 Elections A New Direction The 2002 Elections Quo Vadis Nunc, Slovakia? Footnotes Introduction Chapter 01 Chapter 02 Chapter 03 Chapter 04 Chapter 05 Chapter 06 Chapter 07 Chapter 08 Chapter 09 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Selective Bibliography Index About the Author Copyright