‘What a Republic It Was!’ Public Violence and State Building in the Bohemian Lands after 1918

0507924 - MÚA 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Šmidrkal, Václav
‘What a Republic It Was!’ Public Violence and State Building in the Bohemian Lands after 1918.
Contemporary European History. Roč. 28, č. 3 (2019), s. 303-318. ISSN 0960-7773. E-ISSN 1469-2171
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GF17-33831L
Institutional support: RVO:67985921
Keywords : Czechoslovakia, 1918 * violence
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Impact factor: 0.364, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777319000080

This article discusses the public violence that occurred in the Bohemian lands after the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918. It follows the tension between the self-empowered people, who expected a profound change in their daily lives, and the state, which sought stabilisation through the continuity of institutions. Using the examples of the Železná Ruda mutiny in July 1919 and the workers’ general strike in December 1920, the article shows that public violence was relatively easily manageable with a combination of negotiations and force because it did not pursue a clear vision opposing Czechoslovakia but tried to participate in its formation.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298888