The formation of Croatian national identity : a centuries-old dream /

"This volume assesses the formation of Croatian national identity in the 1990s. It develops a novel framework calling into question both primordial and modernist approaches to nationalism and national identity before applying that framework to Croatia. In doing so it provides a new way of think...

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Main Author: Bellamy, Alex J., 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003
Series:Europe in change.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • National identity and the 'great divide'
  • Re-imagining the nation
  • The Croatian historical statehood narrative
  • Contemporary accounts of Croatian national identity
  • The nation in social practice 1: Economy, football and Istria
  • The nation in social practice 2: Language, education and the Catholic Church
  • Conclusion: Competing claims to national identity.