American Czechs between Sympathies with Polish Immigrants and Transmigration to Russia: Crises of Pan-Slavic Ideals on American Soil in the 1860s

• Authors: Vlha Marek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The article deals with the phenomenon of Pan-Slavism in the Czech-American community, with emphasis on the 1860s. The Slavic idea played an important role in Czech nationalism throughout the 19th century, and continued to do so even among Czech immigrants in the United States. In the 1860s, Pan-Slavic feelings led to two unsuccessful projects for transmigration of American Czechs to Russia. The article attempts to answer why these plans received so much publicity in the immigrant community, what Czech-Americans thought about them in the context of their national, religious and social structures, and what the reasons for the failure were.

Keywords

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CZECH IMMIGRATION; PAN-SLAVISM; TRANSMIGRATION; FREETHOUGHT; ETHNICITY

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 4 (158)
• Pages: 69–83

Contributors

author

Vlha Marek

• Masaryk University, Brno