Review article
Immigration in Croatia − an Outline of Historical Development
Jelena Zlatković Winter
; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents an outline of the most important ethnic, socio-political and economic characteristics regarding migrations of foreigners and ethnic groups to the present territory of Croatia during history. After a brief review of migrations in the early Middle Ages, in the second part of her text, the author analyses the arrival and status of foreigners in medieval cities in Croatian lands. As the concentration of foreigners increased, trade and commerce developed, while the mingling of populations brought about greater changes in the way of life. The third part of the text deals with ethnic changes in Croatia provoked by the advance and then retreat of the Ottomans. With the establishment of Ottoman rule over most of the South-Slav area new ethnic processes began, caused by migration and colonization. The immigration of larger ethnic groups brought about ethno-biological merging and adaptation between colonists and the indigenous population. Hence changes occurred which were not only economic and social, but also had anthropological and cultural characteristics. In the final part of her paper the author treats the influence and role of foreigners in the modernization of Croatia, which during all of the 19th century remained a country of immigration. Immigrant flows arrived mainly from inner parts of the Austrian or Austro-Hungarian Empires. In concluding, the author presents some statistical data on immigration to the area of present-day Croatia during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
Keywords
immigration; foreigners; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
127259
URI
Publication date:
30.12.1993.
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