{"product_id":"slovakia-in-history-hardback-9780521802536","title":"Slovakia in History (Hardback) 9780521802536","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSlovakia in History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnique exploration of the key moments and themes in Slovakia's history, from its ninth-century origins to its rebirth in 1993.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMikuláš Teich (Edited by), Dušan Ková? (Edited by), Martin D. Brown (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521802536, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e434 pages, 19 b\/w illus.  5 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The work is invaluable as the reference book on the topic, as it is full of well-researched detail.' Zuzana Slobodova, British Czech and Slovak Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUntil 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Slovakia, the Slovaks and their history Dušan Ková?\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Duchy of Nitra Ján Steinhübel\u003cbr\u003e 3. The beginnings of the nobility in Slovakia Ján Luka?ka\u003cbr\u003e 4. Medieval towns Vladimír Segeš\u003cbr\u003e 5. Renaissance and humanist tendencies in Slovakia Eva Frimmová\u003cbr\u003e 6. The period of religious disturbances in Slovakia Viliam ?i?aj\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Enlightenment and the beginnings of the modern Slovak nation Eva Kowalská\u003cbr\u003e 8. Slovak Slavism and Pan-Slavism ?udovít Haraksim\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Slovak political programme: from Hungarian patriotism to the Czecho-Slovak state Dušan Ková?\u003cbr\u003e 10. Slovakia in Czechoslovakia (1918–38) Natália Kraj?ovi?ová\u003cbr\u003e 11. Slovakia from the Munich conference to the declaration of independence Valerián Bystrický\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Slovak state, 1939–45 Ivan Kamenec\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Slovak question and the resistance movement during the Second World War Jan Rychlík\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Slovak National Uprising: the most dramatic moment in the nation's history Vilém Pre?an\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Slovak question, 1945–8 Michal Barnovský\u003cbr\u003e 16. Czechoslovakism in Slovak history Elisabeth Bakke\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Magyar minority in Slovakia before and after the Second World War Štefan Šutaj\u003cbr\u003e 18. The establishment of totalitarianism in Slovakia after the February coup of 1948 and the culmination of mass persecution, 1948–53 Jan Pešek\u003cbr\u003e 19. Slovakia and the attempt to reform socialism in Czechoslovakia, 1963–9 Stanislav Sikora\u003cbr\u003e 20. Slovakia's position within the Czecho-Slovak federation, 1968–70 Jozef Žatkuliak\u003cbr\u003e 21. Slovakia under communism, 1948–89: controversial developments in the economy, society and culture Miroslav Londák and Elena Londáková\u003cbr\u003e 22. The fall of communism and the establishment of an independent Slovakia Michal Štefanský\u003cbr\u003e 23. Afterword: Slovakia in history Mikuláš Teich.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265108103448,"sku":"9780521802536","price":104.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521802536i.jpg?v=1692019615","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/slovakia-in-history-hardback-9780521802536","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}