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Subject(s)

• Minorities—Legal status, laws, etc—Europe, Eastern—History [Browse]
• Hungarians—Legal status, laws, etc—Europe, Eastern—History [Browse]

Series

• East European monographs ; no. 352. [More in this series]
• Atlantic studies on society in change ; no. 70. [More in this series]
• East European monograph ; no. 352
• Atlantic studies on society in change ; no. 70 [More in this series]

Notes

One folded col. map inserted in pocket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-149) and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. The Restructuring of the State System of East Central Europe and of National Minority Relations after World War I. The Specific Character of "East Central Europe" The Historical Background. The Catalyst of Change: World War I. The Restructuring of East Central Europe. The National Minorities in the New System of States. Table 1. The States of Postwar East Central Europe and the National-Linguistic Minorities Inhabiting the Individual States. Table 2. The National Minorities in Postwar East Central Europe and Their Distribution Among States
• Ch. 2. The Importance of the Minorities Problem in the Plans for Restructuring. The "Key States" and the Minorities. Minority Protection in the Programs of the Entente Powers. The United States. France. The Legal Precedents. The League of Nations Covenant and the Protection of Minorities. The Representation of Minorities at the Conference: the Jewish Organizations. The Contemporary View on Minority Rights. The Equality of Civil Rights. Cultural Autonomy.
• Territorial Autonomy
• Ch. 3. The Drafting of the Minority Protection Treaties. The Creation of the Commission on New States and Minorities. The Drafting of Poland's Minority Protection Treaty. The Plenary Session of May 31 and the Clash Between Bratianu and Wilson. Signing the Polish Treaty - Clemenceau's Accompanying Letter. Czechoslovakia's Minority Protection Treaty. The Minority Protection Passage in the Austrian Peace Treaty. The Yugoslav Minority Protection Treaty. The Romanian Minority Protection Treaty. The Greek Minority Protection Agreement and the Exchange of Populations. The Minority Protection Passages in the Hungarian Peace Treaty
• Ch. 4. The International Guarantees in Practice. The Declaration of the League of Nations' Guarantee. Additional League Guarantees. The Guarantee Procedure. The Congress of European Nationalities
• Ch. 5. The Outlook. The Failure of Minority Protection in the 1930s. The Change in Direction of the Minority Movements during the 1930s.
• The National Minorities after World War II
• Appendix 1: President Wilson's Speech at the Plenary Session of the Peace Conference, May 31, 1919
• Appendix 2: Letter Addressed to Ignacy Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland, by the President of the Peace Conference, Transmitting to Him the Treaty to be Signed by Poland Concerning the Protection of Minorities
• Appendix 3: The Treaty Between the Principal Allied and Associated Powers and Romania Concerning Minority Protection (Rubric and Chapter 1 only)
• Appendix 4: The Minority Protection Chapter of the Hungarian Peace Treaty
• Appendix 5: The Resolutions of the Council of the League of Nations Concerning Minority Protection Guarantee Procedures
• Index of Persons Mentioned in the Main Body of the Text.

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ISBN

9631337480

LCCN

92060818

OCLC

27762016

RCP

C - O

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