Publikace podle recenzenta přináší zajímavý pohled na slovenský autonomistický proud v meziválečném Československu z dosud nezpracovaného úhlu, a to optikou amerických a kanadských Slováků. Nejedná se pouze o přehledovou práci o slovenském autonomistickém hnutí, nýbrž také o hlubokou sondu do politického, náboženského a kulturního prostředí severoamerických krajanů, jež mělo významný vliv na aktivitu slovenského politického hnutí v první Československé republice. Autor dokumentuje jak vztahy a kontakty politiků na Slovensku s krajanskou obcí v Severní Americe, tak proměny jejích názorů na státoprávní uspořádání Československa a postavení Slováků v něm, které dospěly přes počáteční dílčí rozpory k jednoznačnému autonomistickému stanovisku., This publication, whose title translates as ‘The American Slovaks’ contribution to the movement for an autonomous Slovakia, 1918-38’, provides, according to the reviewer, an interesting view of a trend in inter-war Czechoslovakia seen from the hitherto ignored angle of the Slovaks living in the USA and Canada. This is not only a general survey of the movement for Slovak autonomy; it is also an in-depth examination of the political, religious, and cultural milieux of Slovaks living in North America, which had an important influence on the Slovak political movement in the first Czechoslovak Republic. The author documents the relations between politicians in Slovakia and the Slovak communities in North America, and also discusses the changes in their views on the constitutional arrangement of Czechoslovakia and the Slovaks’ status within it, which led, despite initial conflicts, to a clear autonomist stance., [autor recenze] Marek Šmíd., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Large migratory movements that followed after Sutamarský peace (1711) in Hungary significantly changed the ethnic structure of its population. They included also migration of Slovaks to present-day Romania Bihor area. This colonization process took place in several waves since the late 18th to 19th century, supported by the Hungarian aristocracy. In contrast to the settlement of fertile lowlands in "Dolná zem" (Lower Country) the motivation of migration were land use of mountain Plopis, located in Bihor in northwestern Romania. Article deals with the problem of the origin of the Slovak population in Romania Bihor in the context of the work of Romanian linguist and Slovakist - Grigore Benedek, with respect to the language.
The issue of Czechoslovaks returning from abroad after the Great War has received little attention to date in the Czech historiography. A clarification of this issue is, however, essential to understanding the migratory processes of this period in their entirety. It is practically impossible to separate the re-emigration of Czechs and Slovaks who had settled abroad before the war from the repatriation of persons forced across the borders during the course of the war (e.g. prisoners of war from the Austro-Hungarian army), since both occurred at the same period of time in the years 1918–1923 and the two groups of returnees frequently returned together.