Elemér Illyés :
National Minorities in Romania
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1
TERRITORY AND POPULATION
9
A Brief History of Transylvania and Its Peoples
9
The Hungarians
10
The Saxons
12
The Romanians
14
Population Movements and Changes
16
Later Immigrants
18
The Effect of Two World Wars on Transylvania's Territory and Population
21
TERRITORIAL AND POPULATION CHANGES SINCE WORLD WAR I
29
The Territorial Distribution of the National Minorities
31
Later Population Changes (1966-1977)
48
The Effects of Urbanization and Romanianization on the Population of the Cities and Towns
55
The National Distribution in the Urban and Rural Population
63
The Occupational Distribution and Social Structure of the Population
66
THE POSSlBlLlTlES FOR MINORITY COEXISTENCE IN ROMANIA, 1918-1956
71
The National Minorities in Romania Between 1918 and 1944
71
Laws and Decrees Between 1918 and 1940 Relating to the National Minorities
86
Political Developments in Romania, 1944-l948
94
The Legal Status of the Minorities From the War Until the Foundation of the Totalitarian State
106
The Totalitarian State: The Romanian People's Republic
111
The Nationality Policy of the Romanian People's Republic
114
ROMANIAN POLITICS AND NATIONALITY POLICY SINCE l956
123
The Socialist National State - National Communism
127
The Nationality Policy of the Romanian Socialist Republic
130
The 1970s - Moves Toward Assimilation
138
International Conferences in the 1970s
150
National, Linguistic, and Ethnic Affiliation
151
NATIONAL-MINORITY EDUCATION IN ROMANIA
155
Methodological Problems
155
Historical Background
157
Education for the National Minorities Between the Two World Wars
159
National-Minority Education After 1945
164
The Present System of National-Minority Education
184
The Educational Status of the Csángó Hungarians of Moldavia
201
The Supervision of National-Minority Education
202
Teachers Training
203
Textbooks
204
Conclusion
205
THE CHURCHES OF THE NATIONAL MINORITIES IN ROMANIA
213
Historical Background and the Period Between the Two World Wars
213
The Legal Position After the Second World War
218
Relations Between Church and State
235
THE NATIONAL-MINORITY PRESS AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY IN ROMANIA
239
The Press
239
Development Since 1945
241
The Dogmatic Period
245
The Desatellitization Process - Liberalizing Trends
246
The Cultural Policy of the 1970s
249
Book Publishing
254
NOTES
259
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
305
Elemér Illyés :
National Minorities in Romania