Original scientific paper
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN CROATIAN NATION IN ISTRIA - A DRAUGHT FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
Nevio Šetić
; Institute for Historical and Social Sciences HAZU (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts) - Rijeka
Abstract
Among the most important topics of contemporary Istrian history
is research of the emergence of the modern Croatian nation. The
author argues that it is possible to interpret this process only
through an integral approach considering the period from the
18305 to the 19505, Le. to the present. He builds his concept
according to Czech scientist Miroslav Hroch's model adapted to
the Croatian situation by historian Mirjana Gross. Clinging to this
methodological concept the emergence of the modern Croatian
nation is viewed in four developmental phases: the initial, middle,
interphase and final phase of the national integration of Istrian
Croats. The author qualifies this process as multi-Iayered and
long-lasting and often suppressed and thwarted, but indicates that
today it represents a lasting and durable achievement ofthe Istrian
Croats and Croats in general, including them among the sovereign
and free nations of Europe and the World.
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Hrčak ID:
33115
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Publication date:
1.7.1993.
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