The Czechoslovak nation project as reflected in Czech and Slovak history school textbooks (1918-1938)

The article analyses to what extent the Czechoslovak nation project was reflected in Czech and Slovak school textbooks in history, and how Czechoslovak national unity was conceived. There were large variations between Czech and Slovak textbooks for primary school, while the textbooks for secondary school were less nationalist in orientation. The sample of textbooks reflected that the notion of a Czechoslovak nation had at least two meanings: First, Czechs and Slovaks together comprised a Czechoslovak nation with two tribes. Secondly, Slovaks were actually Czechs, only less developed. The former version was more common in the Czech textbooks for primary school, while the latter was more common in the Slovak textbooks.