Andrea Pokludová earned her associate professor degree in Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University. She lectures in the Department of History at the University of Ostrava. Her focus lies on the social and urban history of the Bohemian Lands during the 'long' nineteenth century, contextualized within Central European development. She investigates the role and function of the intelligentsia in a multi-ethnic society, especially during nationalisation processes.
Pavel Kladiwa serves as a professor in the Department of History at the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic. His interests span the social history of the Bohemian Lands and Central Europe during the "long" 19th century. He particularly concentrates on the formation of civil society, ethnic relations, and identity-shaping processes.

Table of contents - The Moravian Compromise of 1905 - Educational and electoral systems in Moravia : Legislation and its ethnicization - Volkschulen and their pupils. New organisation of the educational system in the process of the ethnicization of Moravian society - Elections and election campaigning in Moravia before and after the Moravian Compromise - Actors in the Moravian Compromise and the Second Moravian Compromise - Conclusion - References - List of Tables and Maps - Index