The case study examines the events of one of a series of anti-government demonstrations in the summer of 1899. The Kraslice riots, which resulted in shooting by the gendarme assistance and several losses of life, are seen from the perspective of the various actors (opposition leaders, state apparatus, and leaders of the community), their motivation, and the dynamics of the demonstration being placed into the context of the political struggle between liberal and nationalist factions for the administration of the town and the furthering of their followers in provincial and the imperial elections.
This study deals with the process of the takeover of the political administration as the most important branch of the Austrian state administration on the territory of the Czech Lands by the Czechoslovak state, both at the level of individual district units (okresní hejtmanství) as well as at the level of the Governor’s Office (místodržitelství) between 1918-1920. It primarily focuses on personnel changes, which are used to document the degree of continuity between the Austrian and Czechoslovak administrations.
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