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THE IMPACT OF EMIGRANTS AND REEMIGRANTS ON SLOVAK SOCIETY (1880’S - 1920’S)
Elena JAKEŠOVÁ
Sažetak
The purpose of this study is to mention the reemigration
factor and its consequences, namely the influence that the
returnees from the U.S.A. had on the attitudes of Slovak
society in the forty years between the 1880’s and the
1920’s. The reemigrants were not only the bearers of
material assets. They also brought back new experiences
and their way of thinking became generally recognized and
influenced the rural community. State oppression, however,
did not allow for the coordination of their activities, nor did
it enable the reemigrants to act in support of the national
movement. Reemigration tendencies emerged among
American Slovaks after WW I. The fact-finding delegations
of American Slovaks, who came to Slovakia in the post-war
years, were successful in influencing Slovak politics.
However, only a few individuals remained in Slovakia and
entered politics. The majority of the returnees, however,
came back to their original villages and devoted themselves
to agriculture. Despite this fact, there were still some people
among the returnees who invested their savings in business
and industry, but many of them were unable to adapt to the
unsatisfactory post-war conditions in Slovakia and therefore
decided to emigrate once again.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
20698
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Datum izdavanja:
1.1.1998.
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