Original scientific paper
Initiative of the Croatian-Slavonic Economic Society in Solving the "Gypsy Question" in Croatia and Slavonia at the End of the 19th Century
Danijel VOJAK
orcid.org/0000-0003-2545-2225
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Abstract
In this paper the author writes about the initiative of the
Croatian-Slavonic Economic Society in solving the "gypsy
question" in Croatia and Slavonia at the end of the 19th
century. Gospodarski list, Narodne novine, Obzor, reports of local authorities and other relevant literature has been
analyzed. Most of the members of the Croatian-Slavonic
Economic Society perceived the Romany population as "social
parasites", thieves, loafers and immoral persons. This is one
of the reasons why they suggested that the state and local
authorities expel the foreign Romany population and
colonize by force the domestic Romany population. Croatian
authorities accepted this initiative and issued in 1893 a new
order which had incorporated previous suggestions by the
Croatian-Slavonic Economic Society. But the "gypsy question"
remained unsolved, mostly because of the inadequate
organization of state and local authorities and unwillingness
of the Romany people to become a sedentary population.
Keywords
Roma; Croatian-Slavonic Economic Society; peasant population; economic
Hrčak ID:
45804
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2009.
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