This book examines the rise of Czech radical nationalism at a time of maturing mass political mobilization and intense social and political conflict. As the masses gained access to the political system across Europs, ethnic and class divisions increased the potential for trouble. Popular dissatisfaction with rapid but uneven modernization of Habsburg society and preexisting inter-ethnic tension led the Czech radical to develop a new and sometimes violent political style that upset the relative unity of Czech political life. By 1914, these radicals were successfully challenging their larger and more entrenched rivals for a dominant political position. They also exported their political style to other parts of the region, most notably to the territories with large Croatian and Slovenian populations, thereby contributing to the radicalization of these national movements as well. The history of the Czech National Socialist party and its allies provides compelling evidence of the problematic nature of democratization in such a charged environment and reveals how Czech radicalism was a part of broader European developments.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Eastern European Monographs
ISBN-10
0880335866
ISBN-13
9780880335867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54025151
Product Key Features
Author
William J. Galush, T. Mills Kelly, Maja Trochimczyk
Publication Name
Without Remorse : Czech National Socialism in the Late Habsburg Austria
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
250 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Volume Number
Eem #689
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Europe / Austria & Hungary, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, General, World / European