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Natalija : life in the Balkan powder keg, 1880-1956 / edited by Jill A. Irvine and Carol S. Lilly.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Serbian Publication details: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 494 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781441603920
  • 1441603921
  • 9789639776234
  • 9639776238
  • 1283248123
  • 9781283248129
  • 9786155053153
  • 6155053154
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Natalija.DDC classification:
  • 920.7209497 22
LOC classification:
  • CT1458.M398 A3 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Years of hope, 1880-1911 -- Childhood -- Learning motherhood -- Life and politics in small-town Serbia -- The family moves south -- The Balkan wars -- Years of war, 1914-1924 -- The war begins: July 1914 to October 1915 -- Refugees: October 1915 to January 1916, Prokuplje -- Life under occupation: 1916 -- Resistance: 1917 -- Endings: 1918 -- Beginnings: 1919 -- Years of disappointment, 1924-1956 -- A new country, a new life: 1924-1927 -- Europe in decline: 1932-1939 -- War again: 1939-1945 -- Twilight.
Summary: The life story of a Serbian woman over a period of more than 70 years, preserved in memoirs, letters and mostly diaries, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of a life that takes place against the backdrop of extraordinary turbulence in the Balkans. It covers more than half a century, five wars (including the two world wars), and four ideologies. Accompanied by an introductory study, Natalija's diary provides a rich background to understanding the on-going conflict in the Balkans.
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Translation of extracts from Natalija: dnevnički zapisi Natalije Matić Zrnić, originally published in Serbian in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-493).

Years of hope, 1880-1911 -- Childhood -- Learning motherhood -- Life and politics in small-town Serbia -- The family moves south -- The Balkan wars -- Years of war, 1914-1924 -- The war begins: July 1914 to October 1915 -- Refugees: October 1915 to January 1916, Prokuplje -- Life under occupation: 1916 -- Resistance: 1917 -- Endings: 1918 -- Beginnings: 1919 -- Years of disappointment, 1924-1956 -- A new country, a new life: 1924-1927 -- Europe in decline: 1932-1939 -- War again: 1939-1945 -- Twilight.

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The life story of a Serbian woman over a period of more than 70 years, preserved in memoirs, letters and mostly diaries, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of a life that takes place against the backdrop of extraordinary turbulence in the Balkans. It covers more than half a century, five wars (including the two world wars), and four ideologies. Accompanied by an introductory study, Natalija's diary provides a rich background to understanding the on-going conflict in the Balkans.

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