Research Catalog

Title

A history of Yugoslavia / Marie-Janine Calic ; translated by Dona Geyer.

Author

Calic, Marie-Janine

Publication

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2019]

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Additional Authors

Geyer, Dona

Description

xxiii, 418 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Why did Yugoslavia fall apart? Was its violent demise inevitable? Did its population simply fall victim to the lure of nationalism? How did this multinational state survive for so long, and where do we situate the short life of Yugoslavia in the long history of Europe in the twentieth century? A History of Yugoslavia provides a concise, accessible, comprehensive synthesis of the political, cultural, social, and economic life of Yugoslavia--from its nineteenth-century South Slavic origins to the bloody demise of the multinational state of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Calic takes a fresh and innovative look at the colorful, multifaceted, and complex history of Yugoslavia, emphasizing major social, economic, and intellectual changes from the turn of the twentieth century and the transition to modern industrialized mass society. She traces the origins of ethnic, religious, and cultural divisions, applying the latest social science approaches, and drawing on the breadth of recent state-of-the-art literature, to present a balanced interpretation of events that takes into account the differing perceptions and interests of the actors involved. Uniquely, Calic frames the history of Yugoslavia for readers as an essentially open-ended process, undertaken from a variety of different regional perspectives with varied composite agenda. She shuns traditional, deterministic explanations that notorious Balkan hatreds or any other kind of exceptionalism are to blame for Yugoslavia's demise, and along the way she highlights the agency of twentieth-century modern mass society in the politicization of differences. While analyzing nuanced political and social-economic processes, Calic describes the experiences and emotions of ordinary people in a vivid way."--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Central European studies

Uniform Title

• Geschichte Jugoslawiens im 20. Jahrhundert. English
• Central European studies.

Alternative Title

Geschichte Jugoslawiens im 20. Jahrhundert.

Subjects

• Yugoslavia
• 1900-1999
• Yugoslavia > History > 20th century
• History

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Translated from the German.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page [381]-412) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the German.

Call Number

JFE 19-6553

ISBN

• 9781557538383
• 1557538387

LCCN

2019002625

OCLC

• 1023544170
• 1023544170

Author

Calic, Marie-Janine, author.

Title

A history of Yugoslavia / Marie-Janine Calic ; translated by Dona Geyer.

Publisher

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Central European studies

Central European studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page [381]-412) and index.

Language

Translated from the German.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Geyer, Dona, translator.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-6553