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Šumadija derives its name from the Serbian šuma , or woods , for at the turn of the nineteenth century , when its intensive settlement began , the entire region had a rich oak forest cover . Today only small scattered patches of the ...
Šumadija derives its name from the Serbian šuma , or woods , for at the turn of the nineteenth century , when its intensive settlement began , the entire region had a rich oak forest cover . Today only small scattered patches of the ...
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In Šumadija today , however , the latter are almost negligible . In the second and third centuries the neighboring region of Rudnik was an important Roman mining center and was rela- tively well settled . The Jasenica drainage basin ...
In Šumadija today , however , the latter are almost negligible . In the second and third centuries the neighboring region of Rudnik was an important Roman mining center and was rela- tively well settled . The Jasenica drainage basin ...
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Mome srcu najmilija , Jer je peva Šumadija . Šumadija , my birthplace , You are like paradise , Wonderful woods and mountains , And everywhere meadows and valleys . Handsome youths , from Šumadija , Handsome youths and pretty maidens .
Mome srcu najmilija , Jer je peva Šumadija . Šumadija , my birthplace , You are like paradise , Wonderful woods and mountains , And everywhere meadows and valleys . Handsome youths , from Šumadija , Handsome youths and pretty maidens .
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Contents
The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Serbian Village Colophon books Volume 114 of Harper colophon books |
| Author | Joel Martin Halpern |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Harper & Row, 1967 |
| Length | 358 pages |
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