UID:
edocfu_9959051763202883
Umfang:
1 online resource :
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1 figure, 1 map
ISBN:
9781442669246
Inhalt:
When Yugoslavia was created in 1918, the new state was a patchwork of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and other ethnic groups. It still was in January 1929, when King Aleksandar suspended the Yugoslav constitution and began an ambitious program to impose a new Yugoslav national identity on his subjects. By the time Aleksandar was killed by an assassin’s bullet five years later, he not only had failed to create a unified Yugoslav nation but his dictatorship had also contributed to an increase in interethnic tensions.In Making Yugoslavs, Christian Axboe Nielsen uses extensive archival research to explain the failure of the dictatorship’s program of forced nationalization. Focusing on how ordinary Yugoslavs responded to Aleksandar’s nationalization project, the book illuminates an often-ignored era of Yugoslav history whose lessons remain relevant not just for the study of Balkan history but for many multiethnic societies today.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Figures and Tables --
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Preface --
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Map --
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Introduction --
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PART ONE. The Collapse of Constitutional Monarchy in Yugoslavia --
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1. National Ideology and the Formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes --
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2. “A Tribal and Parliamentary Dictatorship”: The 1920s in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes --
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PART TWO. The Advent of the Alexandrine Dictatorship --
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3. Cutting the Gordian Knot: The Dictatorship’s First Year --
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PART THREE. Making Yugoslavs out of “Tribalists” --
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4. National Workers of Yugoslavia, Unite! Moulding Yugoslavs, January 1930–September 1931 --
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5. Policing Yugoslavism: Surveillance, Denunciations, and Ideology in Daily Life --
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PART FOUR The Assassination of Aleksandar and the Strange Afterlife of His Dictatorship --
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6. The Return of “Democracy”: September 1931–October 1934 --
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Epilogue and Conclusion: “Preserve My Yugoslavia,” October 1934–May 1935 --
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Notes --
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Sources and Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.3138/9781442669246
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442669246
