Original scientific paper
Conditions in Istria on the eve of and during the publication of Naša Sloga
Marino Manin
Nevio Šetić
Abstract
On the basis of current historiography and their own observations, the authors of this article discuss conditions in Istria on the eve of and during the publication of the educational, financial and political newspaper Naša Sloga, which was published between 1870 and 1915. This was the first nationally conscious newspaper in the Croatian lands that was directed at the peasantry, the most numerous strata in Croatian society in Istria, with the aim of instructing the peasantry in basic political, national, cultural and human rights as members of the Croatian nation. The article is divided into six interrelated parts and describes the administrative, social, and political conditions, as well as the economic, demographic and ethnic make up of Istria at the time. It discusses conditions prior to the publication of Naša Sloga, that is, during the 1870s. Likewise it looks at the period after Naša Sloga became the carrier of Croatian political ideology and action in Istria, that is, during the 1880s and 1890s. The last part looks at the conditions and successes of the Croatian national movement in Istria at the beginning of the 20th century, when that movement spread to
include the widest segments of Croatian society in Istria.
Keywords
Naša Sloga: 1870-1915; National Integration; Istria; Regional Parliament
Hrčak ID:
19064
URI
Publication date:
18.1.2008.
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