Secularization and the Working Class: the Czech Lands and Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index. Table of Contents: List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1. Methods and International Inspiration -- 1. Two Trends in the Process of Secularization in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Milos Havelka -- 2. Secularization of the Working Class-The Czech Model: A Hypothesis and Methodical Contemplation / Jir Matejcek -- 3. The Secularization of the Workforce in Germany in the Nineteenth Century / Jurgen Schmidt -- 4. The Slovak Worker between God and Marx / Roman Holec -- Part 2. Politics and Party Line -- 5. The Anti-Clericalism of Social Democracy and the-Secularization of the Working Class in the Czech Lands / Jir Malr -- 6. Catholics and the Issue of Working-Class Secularization / Pavel Marek -- 7. Secularization and the Working ClassV Response to Marxism / Luks Fasora -- 8. The Influence of Secularization on German Workers' Parties in Northwest and North Bohemia within the Intellectual Milieu of Imperial Germany / Kristina Kaiserov -- Part 3. Case Studies -- 9. The Crisis of Identity in the Priesthood at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / Jir Hanus -- 10. The Move away from the Catholic Church by Journeyman Cloth Makers in Liberec (Reichenberg) around the Middle of the Nineteenth Century / Jir Koralka -- 11. The Social Democratic Atheist Movement in Interwar Ostravsko / Martin Jemelka -- 12. The Question of Piety in State Tobacco Factories / Marie Mackov -- 13. The Workers' Song: An Element of Secularization in Nineteenth-Century Czech Civic Society? / Josef sebesta -- Bibliography -- Index." Contributor Bio:  Fasora, Lukas Lukas Fasora, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, specializes in the social history of the Czech lands in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly the themes of civic society within the framework of municipal authorities. Jiri Hanus, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture, specializes in the religious history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Jiri Malir, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, fields of interest include political history, particularly the history of political parties and the history of society and Czech-German relations in the 19th century. Contributor Bio:  Hanus, Jiri Lukas Fasora, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, specializes in the social history of the Czech lands in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly the themes of civic society within the framework of municipal authorities. Jiri Hanus, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Culture, specializes in the religious history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Jiri Malir, History Department, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, fields of interest include political history, particularly the history of political parties and the history of society and Czech-German relations in the 19th century.