Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. I. The Inevitable Background and Some Ordering Generalities 5
5. II. The Serbian Matica, 1826: The Eldest Sister and Prototype 12
6. III. The Czech Matica, 1831: Palackfs Defender of the Czech Language 21
7. IV. The Moravian Matica, 1836: A Frail Opponent of Germanisation 31
8. V. The Croatian Matica, 1842: A Successful Outgrowth of Illyrianism 39
9. VI. The Slovak Matica, 1863: A Short-lived Opponent of Magyarization 49
10. VII. The Slovenian Matica, 1864: A Modest, Enduring Younger Sister 64
11. Conclusions 71
12. Appendix 74
13. Bibliography 77
14. Index 79