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Croatia : a history

This work provides a history of the development of Croatia from early medieval days to modern day. Charting social, economic and cultural developments, the text shows that the complex historical pattern explains many of the political developments of today.
Print Book, English, ©1999
McGill-Queen's University Press, [Montréal (Québec)], ©1999
History
x, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
9780773520165, 9780773520172, 0773520163, 0773520171
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Introduction
Croation lands in Antiquity
The first centuries of Croation History and the establishment of the Croatian state
The 12th-16th centuries: Hungary and Croatia United under one King
The 16th
18th centuries; Croatia between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman and Austrian Empires
1790-1918: development of the middle class
1918-1941: Croatia in Yugoslavia
1941-5: The tragedy of the Second World War
1944-8: The Socialist revolution
from elevated ideals to revenge and totalitarianism
1948-66: The beginnings of democratisation and Yugoslavia's search for it's own course
1966-80: Decentralisation and repression
1980-9: Overall crisis grows
Yugoslavia and Croatia on course to war
The war in Bosnia-Hercegovina: The role of the Croats and Croatia: reflections on the Croats and Croatia
Croatia in the 1990s: between the Balkans and Europe
"First published ... by C. Hurst & Co. ... London"--Title page verso
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