Constructing Yugoslavia

Vesna Drapac provides an insightful survey of the changing nature of the Yugoslav ideal, demonstrating why Yugoslavism was championed at different times and by whom, and how it was constructed in the minds of outside observers. Covering the period from the 1850s to the death of Tito in 1980, Drapac situates Yugoslavia in the broader international context and examines its history within the more familiar story of Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This approachable study also explores key themes and debates, including:the place of the nation-state within the worldview of nineteenth-century intellectualsthe memory of war and commemorative practices in the interwar yearsresistance and collaborationthe nature of dictatorshipsgender and citizenshipYugoslavia's role from the perspective of the 'Superpowers'.