Original scientific paper
THE SERB ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS
Mato Artuković
; Croatian Institute of History, Department for the History of Slavonia, Syrmia and Baranya, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Abstract
Most Croatian Serb organisations were established between 1883 and 1903. In that period Serbs created Serbian Bank, 56 various financial institutions, Association of Serb Agricultural Societies, and economic organisation Privrednik (Economist). The Serbian Bank was the strongest financial institution in the Monarchy, which backed the economic and cultural development of Serbs inside and outside of it. On the other hand, Serbs had not created significant cultural institutions, but did establish numerous literary and singing societies and reading halls, which were instrumental in promoting national identity. Culture was a framework for political activity. It should be noted that all those organisations were identified as Serb, had their statues written in Cyrillic alphabet and in Serbian language, which testifies that they organised quite freely and without obstruction.
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212234
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Publication date:
1.1.2000.
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