Croatia: A HistoryWhen in the fourth century the Roman empire split into the Western and Eastern empires, the boundary between the two stretched from the Montenegrin coast up the river Drina to the confluence of the Sava and the Danube and then further north. This boundary has remained virtually unchanged for 1,500 years: the European, Catholic West and the Orthodox East meet on Slav territory. There were, and still are, ethnic similarities between the peoples on either side of the divide, but their culture and history differ fundamentally. The Croats and Croatia, on the western side of the divide, are traditionally linked with Hungarian, Italian, and German regions and Western Europe, and are also influenced by their long Mediterranean coastline. Ivo Goldstein's Croatia provides a necessary, accessible history of development of what is now an independent state. Croatia includes major sections on the early medieval Croatian state (until 1101), the periods of union with Hungary (1102-1526) and with Austria (1526-1918), incorporation in Yugoslavia (1918-91) and the creation of a sovereign state. Charting social, economic, and cultural developments, Goldstein shows us that this complex historical pattern explains many of the political developments of today. |
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User Review - madcatnip72 - LibraryThingAccurate, balanced, reasoned and readable, Ivo Goldstein’s book Croatia is an enjoyable and comprehensive introduction to the history of this Balkan nation. Goldstein’s work also thankfully lacks the ... Read full review
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User Review - motorbike - LibraryThingThis book was my first serious excursion into Balkan Slav histories - my primary interest is in Polish and Rus histories. IG describes a much more vibrant Croatian culture than my previous general ... Read full review
Contents
Foreword page v | 1 |
The | 7 |
The First Centuries of Croatian History | 13 |
Hungary | 21 |
an encouragement | 28 |
Croatia between | 34 |
Reformation and CounterReformation | 41 |
Early modernisation attempts revolts and Croatias | 48 |
Establishment of Rule and genocide | 135 |
Ethnic and civil war | 144 |
Elevated Ideals to Revenge and Totalitarianism | 152 |
Consequences of the war | 158 |
resolution of the Informbureau | 164 |
Yugoslavia and Croatia on Course to War | 198 |
the Role | 239 |
between the Balkans | 257 |
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References to this book
A History of Eastern Europe: Crisis and Change Robert Bideleux,Ian Jeffries No preview available - 2007 |