A History of the Croats. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Catalog number: 087891

Publisher: Hrvatski institut za povijest

Published in (city): Zagreb

Year of publish: 2022

Format: 17×24

Binding: meki

Number of pages: 492

Language: engleski

Price: 75,00 EUR

Notes: The book examines the transformation of the Croatian people from a traditional society into a modern nation-state through two turbulent centuries:National Revival (19th Century): Covers the Illyrian Movement led by Ljudevit Gaj, which standardized the Croatian language and fueled romantic nationalism against Magyarization and Germanization.Political Revolutions: Analyzes the Revolutions of 1848 and the role of Ban Josip Jelačić in defending Croatian interests within the Habsburg Monarchy.The Yugoslav Experiments: Details the transition from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and later the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.World War II and Ideologies: Discusses the complexities of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), the resistance movements, and the subsequent communist era under Josip Broz Tito.Independence: Concludes with the Croatian War of Independence in the 1990s and the country's eventual integration into the European Union and NATO.

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