Review article
Autonomous-Italian Representatives of Korčula in the Dalmatian Parliament: Father and Son, Giovanni and Stefano Smerchinich
Mirko Đinđić
Abstract
The author researches the work of Italian members of Dalmatian Parliament form Korčula, Giovanni and Stefan Smerchinich and analyses their parliamentary activity. This analysis is based on archival sources and periodicals. Italian members of parliament, as the main force and support of autonomy, in the first years of constitutionality ensured the victory of the Autonomist Party in the parliamentary and municipal elections. This paper tries to explain the thesis according to which the national identity of the mentioned Dalmatian Italians was essentially determined by their political engagement, which turned into Italian nationalism of irredentist characteristics.
Keywords
Dalmatian Parliament; Giovanni Smerchinich; Stefano Smerchinich; autonomy; elections; Italian Party; Korčula
Hrčak ID:
257702
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Publication date:
29.12.2020.
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