Slovakia in History (Paperback)

1. Slovakia, the Slovaks and their history Du?an Kova?; 2. The Duchy of Nitra Jan Steinhubel; 3. The beginnings of the nobility in Slovakia Jan Luka?ka; 4. Medieval towns Vladimir Sege?; 5. Renaissance and humanist tendencies in Slovakia Eva Frimmova; 6. The period of religious disturbances in Slovakia Viliam ?i?aj; 7. The Enlightenment and the beginnings of the modern Slovak nation Eva Kowalska; 8. Slovak Slavism and Pan-Slavism ?udovit Haraksim; 9. The Slovak political programme: from Hungarian patriotism to the Czecho-Slovak state Du?an Kova?; 10. Slovakia in Czechoslovakia (1918?38) Natalia Kraj?ovi?ova; 11. Slovakia from the Munich conference to the declaration of independence Valerian Bystricky; 12. The Slovak state, 1939?45 Ivan Kamenec; 13. The Slovak question and the resistance movement during the Second World War Jan Rychlik; 14. The Slovak National Uprising: the most dramatic moment in the nation's history Vilem Pre?an; 15. The Slovak question, 1945?8 Michal Barnovsky; 16. Czechoslovakism in Slovak history Elisabeth Bakke; 17. The Magyar minority in Slovakia before and after the Second World War ?tefan ?utaj; 18. The establishment of totalitarianism in Slovakia after the February coup of 1948 and the culmination of mass persecution, 1948?53 Jan Pe?ek; 19. Slovakia and the attempt to reform socialism in Czechoslovakia, 1963?9 Stanislav Sikora; 20. Slovakia's position within the Czecho-Slovak federation, 1968?70 Jozef ?atkuliak; 21. Slovakia under communism, 1948?89: controversial developments in the economy, society and culture Miroslav Londak and Elena Londakova; 22. The fall of communism and the establishment of an independent Slovakia Michal ?tefansky; 23. Afterword: Slovakia in history Mikula? Teich.