Le associazioni degli insegnanti italiani a Trieste e l'identità linguistico-nazionale alla vigilia della Prima guerra mondiale

Abstract

Language policy, schools and minority rights were essential elements of the political struggle in the Habsburg monarchy in the Early Twentieth Century. In the Austrian lands, the school system played a key role in the language policies of both the State and national movements. The teachers associations were an important element of national activism. Through the role and views of the italian teachers associations in Triest, the paper examines the relationship between Austrian constitution (1867), education, politics, social and ethnic identity.