The Serbs [[electronic resource] /] / Sima M. Ćirković ; translated by Vuk Tošić

• Autore: Ćirković Sima M. <1929-2009.>
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.891822; 949.71
• Soggetto topico: Serbs - History; National characteristics, Serbian
• Soggetto geografico: Serbia History; Yugoslavia History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TošićVuk
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-300) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Serbs; Contents; List of Plates; List of Maps; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Time, Space, and People; 1 Ancient Heritage; The Roman Provinces; Settlement of the Slavs; Sclavinias; Christianization; The Theme of Serbia and the Principality of Serbia; The Coastal Principalities; The Town of Ras and Raška Land; 2 The Dynasty of Sacred Roots; Nemanja's Legacy; Independent Kingdom; The Autocephalous Archbishopric; Stability Put to the Test; Two Kingdoms; Economic Development; Dynastic Ideal and Reality; The Empire; Land of the Emperor and Land of the King; Unfinished Society ; Rift within the Dynasty3 Between the Cross and the Crescent; The New Lords and the End of the Dynasty; Transfer of the Kingdom to Bosnia; The Battle of Kosovo - Reality and Myth; The Consequences; The Despot and His Land; The Restless Littoral; Economic Progress; Continuity as an Ideal; The Burden of Double Vassalage; A Chronicle of Demise; 4 The Sultan's Protected Subjects; The Old and the New; Flight, Migration, and Settlement; The Orientalization of Towns: Varos and Kasaba; Economic Life; Clans and Clan Society; Church in Slavery; From Submission to Rebellion ; 5 The Emergence of Modern Christian SocietyA New State Framework; Extending and Reorganizing the Framework; Peasants and Citizens, Soldiers and Nobles; Christian Education; The Beginning of Europeanization; 6 The Era of Democratic Revolutions; "The Serbian Revolution"; Imposed Revolution; From Prince's Autonomy to Autonomous Principality; The Serbs and Serbia in the Revolution of 1848; 7 National State: For and Against; Changes in Reality and Changes in Ideas; Ruling Nation; National Minority; In the Center of the Great Eastern Crisis (1875-8); Diverging Paths of Development ; Constitution and Parliament Put to the TestTimes of War; 8 All the Serbs in One State; Between Unitarian Ideal and Pluralist Reality; Yugoslavia Decreed; Death and Resurrection; Reconstruction and Development; Modernization through Socialism; Epilogue: Breakup of the Federation and the Struggle for a National State; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the dissolution of Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century. A comprehensive survey of the development of the Serbian nation. Provides the background history of the Serbs, essential to understanding their current situation. Traces the history of the Serbian people from the seventh through to the late twentieth century. Focuses on the process of integration and disintegration which have characterised Serbia
• Titolo autorizzato: The Serbs
• ISBN: 1-280-19879-6; 9786610198795; 0-470-70057-2; 0-470-75468-0; 1-4051-4291-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143447303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Peoples of Europe.