Yugoslavia without Yugoslavs: The History of a National Idea

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The term “Yugoslavia” first appeared in an article in the newspaper Slovenija in Ljubljana on Friday, October 19, 1849. The author of the article declared that he was interested in politics, but only in the literary unification of Yugoslavs within the Austro-Hungary Empire. With ongoing conflicts and disparate forms of nationalism in and around historical Yugoslavia as its backdrop, Yugoslavia without Yugoslavs for the first time addresses the history and idea of a united Yugoslavia in and during which a true “Yugoslav” identity never really came into being . Following a series of wars and uprisings from 1875 onwards, the first nation-state of Southern Slavs, established after World War I, became the “Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes” — a competing nationalistic blender that would go through failure, revival and transformation through the concept of “Yugoslavia”. Contents Illustrations Preface Introduction. The Naming and Origins of the Yugoslav Idea Chapter 1. In Search of a Path to Yugoslav Unification Chapter 2. Marko Kraljević in the Age of Capitalism Chapter 3. Turning the Austro-Hungarian Yugoslavs against the Serbs Chapter 4. The Memory of Fallen Soldiers as a Seed of Discord Chapter 5. The Father of the Modern Yugoslav Idea Chapter 6. Creating the New Nation-State Chapter 7. Celebrating the Unity of the Nation with Three Names Chapter 8. The Yugoslav Nation-State as a Mosaic, Not a Melting Pot of Peoples Bibliography Index