THE IMPACT OF EMIGRANTS AND REEMIGRANTS ON SLOVAK SOCIETY (1880’S - 1920’S)
THE IMPACT OF EMIGRANTS AND REEMIGRANTS ON SLOVAK SOCIETY (1880’S - 1920’S)

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to mention the reemigration factor and its consequences, namely the influence that the returnees from the U.S.A. had on the attitudes of Slovak society in the forty years between the 1880’s and the 1920’s. The reemigrants were not only the bearers of material assets. They also brought back new experiences and their way of thinking became generally recognized and influenced the rural community. State oppression, however, did not allow for the coordination of their activities, nor did it enable the reemigrants to act in support of the national movement. Reemigration tendencies emerged among American Slovaks after WW I. The fact-finding delegations of American Slovaks, who came to Slovakia in the post-war years, were successful in influencing Slovak politics. However, only a few individuals remained in Slovakia and entered politics. The majority of the returnees, however, came back to their original villages and devoted themselves to agriculture.

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