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Geography and Nationalist Visions of Interwar Yugoslavia

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Authors:
  1. Vedran Duančić

    1. Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia

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  • Examines the notion of national territories in Yugoslavia
  • Explores the intertwined histories of geography as an emerging discipline in the South Slavic lands
  • Approaches geographical discourse in Yugoslavia as part of a wider European scientific network

Part of the book series: Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe (MOMEIDSEE)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Emerging Geographical Network in Yugoslavia

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 23-48

  4. Jovan Cvijić and the Anthropogeography of the Balkans

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 49-94

  5. Geographical Narration of Yugoslavia

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 95-145

  6. Geopolitical Visions of Yugoslavia

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 147-188

  7. The Fight of Filip Lukas Against Yugoslavia

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 189-242

  8. Conclusion

    • Vedran Duančić
    Pages 243-251

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 253-286
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About this book

This book is the first historical work to examine the notion of national territories in Yugoslavia – a concept fundamental for the understanding of Yugoslav history.  Exploring the intertwined histories of geography as an emerging discipline in the South Slavic lands and geographical works describing interwar Yugoslavia, the book focuses on the engagement of geographers in the on-going political conflict over the national question. Duančić shows that geographers were uniquely equipped to address the creation of the new country and the numerous problems it faced, as they provided accounts of Yugoslavia’s past, present, and even future, all of which were understood as inherently embedded in geography. By analyzing a large body of geographical narratives on the Yugoslav state, the book follows both the attempts to “naturalize” and present Yugoslavia as a sustainable political and cultural unit, as well as the attempts to challenge its existence by pointing to unresolvable, geographically conditioned tensions within it. The book approaches geographical discourse in Yugoslavia as part of a wider European scientific network, pointing to similarities and specifically Yugoslav characteristics. 

Reviews

“Vedran Duančić monograph represents a very significant and important contribution to investigating nation building processes in their connection with geographical knowledge, related to the context of South Slavic regions. … The book would have benefitted from a broader archival investigation of primary sources … as well as a deeper comparison with Italian geographical works and intellectual figures. … the book is a very rich contribution to the debate on histories of geographies and their involvement in nation building processes.” (Matteo Proto, Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, Vol. 71 (1), 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vedran Duančić

About the author

Vedran Duančić is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geography and Nationalist Visions of Interwar Yugoslavia

  • Authors: Vedran Duančić

  • Series Title: Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50259-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50258-4Published: 22 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50261-4Published: 22 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50259-1Published: 21 August 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2523-7985

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-7993

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Germany and Central Europe, Historical Geography, Political History

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