Mezei István: Urban development in Slovakia (Pécs-Somorja, 2010)
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I might dedicate this book to my children: I wonder how they interpret the world around them, since curious reaction is the duty of each generation. With a grand gesture, I might as well dedicate this book to the people living in the Carpathian Basin, since we have all gone through radical changes and we have to speak about them. The majority of the papers written on the topic in Hungary focus on historical events and come to the conclusion that we became losers due to the conflicts of the great powers. This is true. The neighbouring peoples trace the changes in the borders back to the oppressive nature of the Hungarian politics. This, on the other hand, is not or just partly true, which could be exaggerated by the propaganda. I chose to have a different approach and interpret the emergence of the Slovak state as a conquest, because, I think, after so many years the present situation has to be evaluated. What has become of the multinational and multicultural part of present-day Slovakia which we call Felvidék? What has become of the multinational and multicultural towns there, which so many novels have been written about? The present book begins with the comparison of old and new and describes how the conditions have changed paying special attention to the changes that have taken place in towns. Finally, it gives an account of the reviving cooperation in the area. An increasing number of books, articles and papers are being published on Slovakia. I hope this book will also contribute to the knowledge involved in them. Lectori salutem! István Mezei Miskolc r>€ ISBN 978-80-89249-39-8
