Florian Bieber „Hvar in the Modern Age: Identity and Change in Southeast Europe“

Description 

In this open-access book, Florian Bieber traces the history of the Adriatic island of Hvar over half a millennium, from the advent of Venetian rule in the 15th century to the end of Yugoslavia in the late 20th century. The history of Hvar tells a larger story about modernity, the changing states and identity, tourism and the transnational entanglements of the Adriatic and Southeastern Europe. It shows how ordinary people dealt with the challenges of the rise of nations, transnational connections such as migration and tourism, and the shifting empires and states. Based on a wealth of archival materials from Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, the UK, and the USA, Hvar in the Modern Age also reveals the complexities of the history of the Venetian Republic, the Habsburg Monarchy and Yugoslavia from a bottom-up perspective and the realities and challenges of island life in southeast Europe during the modern period.

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Table of Contents

Front matter

Dedication

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE ON THE NAMES

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE VENETIAN CENTURIES

3. THE AUSTRIAN CENTURY

4. THE YUGOSLAV CENTURY

5. CONCLUSION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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December 2025

ISBN: 978-1-3502-0265-8

281pp

https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350202689 

https://historiografija.ba/knjige/svijet/hvar-u-moderno-doba

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