Conference paper
Elements of the Class Conflict in the Croatian Emigrant Colony in Antofagasta (Chile) in the Year 1917
Ljubomir Antić
; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Using original archival material, the author reconstructs, analyzes and provides a critical evaluation of the disturbances within the Yugoslav emigrant movement in the Croatian colony in the Chilean town of Antofagasta. These occurred within two socio-political groupings: “the small folk” and the “aristocracy”. The main motive for conflict was the struggle for control in the organisation “Petar Petrovic Njegos”, a branch of the Yugoslav National Defence (JNO). Although “the small folk” (i.e. emigrants – wage labourers) did not directly pose social goals, the entire atmosphere in this conflict within the unified national movement was filled with social emphasis. Even though they demanded leadership only on the basis of larger numbers and greater patriotism, the growth of social self-awareness among “the small folk” is very apparent. Documents show that the revolutionary events in Russia in 1917 influenced this.
Keywords
class conflict; Yugoslav emigrant movement; emigrant colony; Croats; Chile
Hrčak ID:
128178
URI
Publication date:
31.5.1988.
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