Yugoslavia without Yugoslavs : the history of a national idea / Božidar Jezernik, translated from the Serbian by Božidar Jezernik [and two others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jezernik, Božidar, author.

Series:

Integration and Conflict Studies ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslavs--Ethnic identity.

Yugoslavs.

Nationalism--Yugoslavia--History.

Nationalism.

National characteristics, Yugoslav.

Group identity--Yugoslavia.

Group identity.

Yugoslavia--History--Philosophy.

Yugoslavia.

Balkan Peninsula--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Balkan Peninsula.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2023]

Summary:

"The term "Yugoslavia" first appeared in an article in the newspaper Slovenija in Ljubljana on Friday, October 19, 1849. The author of the article declared that he was interested in politics, but only in the literary unification of Yugoslavs within the Austro-Hungary Empire. With ongoing conflicts and disparate forms of nationalism in and around historical Yugoslavia as its backdrop, Yugoslavia without Yugoslavs for the first time addresses the history and idea of a united Yugoslavia in and during which a true "Yugoslav" identity never really came into being. Following a series of wars and uprisings from 1875 onwards, the first nation-state of Southern Slavs, established after World War I, became the "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes"--a competing nationalistic blender that would go through failure, revival and transformation through the concept of "Yugoslavia""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Yugoslavia without Yugoslavs

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. In Search of a Path to Yugoslav Unification

Chapter 2. Marko Kraljevic in the Age of Capitalism

Chapter 3. Turning the Austro-Hungarian Yugoslavs against the Serbs

Chapter 4. The Memory of Fallen Soldiers as a Seed of Discord

Chapter 5. The Father of the Modern Yugoslav Idea

Chapter 6. Creating the New Nation-State

Chapter 7. Celebrating the Unity of the Nation with Three Names

Chapter 8. The Yugoslav Nation-State as a Mosaic, Not a Melting Pot of Peoples

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-162-4

1-80539-044-9

OCLC:

1381712637