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The Slovaks: an Integrating or a Disintegrating Force?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2009

Ľudovít Holotík
Ľudovít Holotík
Affiliation:
Historical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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Because of the various factors in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy which retarded the development of Slovak culture and science, Slovak historians have, on the whole, only during the past few decades begun to examine historical problems from a broad perspective. Consequently, it is by no mere accident that the problem to which part of the attention of this conference is being devoted—the Slovak political movement as a disintegrating force in the Habsburg monarchy—is relatively new to Slovak historiography. Until now it has not been examined from a broad perspective, if only because of the many different historical, political, social, and economic ingredients which were involved in turning nationalism into a significant disintegrating force. Slovak writers have, however, made various studies of the nationality problem—a problem which has ever since the eighteenth century been the most sensitive issue in Slovak history. Certain of these studies have thrown light on both the integrating and disintegrating: forces of the monarchy—two forces which are realy interdependent.

Type
The Slovaks, Ukrainians (Ruthenians), Rumanians, and Italians
Information
Austrian History Yearbook , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , January 1967 , pp. 365 - 393
Copyright
Copyright © Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota 1967

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