A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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... occurred in 1690 and was known as the Great Migration , when about 30,000 Serbs crossed the Danube into Hungary . The Hapsburg Empire welcomed these newcomers and used them to populate their border regions and fight against the Turks ...
... occurred in 1690 and was known as the Great Migration , when about 30,000 Serbs crossed the Danube into Hungary . The Hapsburg Empire welcomed these newcomers and used them to populate their border regions and fight against the Turks ...
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... occurred to mothers who had five or more children ; in 1951 there was only one birth in that category . For the five- year period 1949-53 , there were only 2 percent of a total of three hundred births in this category . Those mothers ...
... occurred to mothers who had five or more children ; in 1951 there was only one birth in that category . For the five- year period 1949-53 , there were only 2 percent of a total of three hundred births in this category . Those mothers ...
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... occurred about twenty years ago , over a bitterly contested election to the Church Council . Some of the men from Orašac were determined that those from Kopljare , with whom they share the parish , did not deserve to be represented ...
... occurred about twenty years ago , over a bitterly contested election to the Church Council . Some of the men from Orašac were determined that those from Kopljare , with whom they share the parish , did not deserve to be represented ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
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