Stjepan Radic, The Croat Peasant Party, and the Politics of Mass Mobilization, 1904-1928 / / Mark Biondich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Biondich, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations --; 1. Introduction and Historical Background --; 2. Stjepan Radić: The Formative Years, 1871-1904 --; 3. Agrarianism and National Integration: The Ideology and Organization of Croat Peasantism --; 4. Stjepan Radić, Croatianism, Yugoslavism, and the Habsburg Monarchy --; 5. The Revolt of the Masses: Stjepan Radić, the HPSS, and the Great War, 1914-1918 --; 6. The Neutral Croat Peasant Republic and the Politics of National Mobilization, 1918-1925 --; 7. Stjepan Radić and the Croat Question, 1925-1928 --; 8. Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442680203; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442680203
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark Biondich.

The name Stjepan Radic is as well known to Croatians as Sir John A. MacDonald is to Canadians. In 1904, Radic mobilized the peasantry to form a populist movement that resulted in the Croat Peasant Party. The CPP fought to reform Yugoslavia's centralist state system and to amend the structural flaws of the parliamentary system. His assassination in 1928 marked the end of the country's short democratic experience; a royalist dictatorship immediately followed. Croatia failed to achieve statehood or autonomy within Yugoslavia, but Radic's indisputably dominant role in the formation of Croatian national consciousness is widely celebrated among Croatians today.The story of this charismatic, ideologically eclectic politician and his role in nation-building makes for fascinating reading. In North America, with our increasing involvement in the political conflicts of the former Yugoslavia, we cannot afford to remain ignorant of the major historical forces involved in the early Serb/Croat struggles for power and identity. This is an essential work for political scientists and other specialists in the area.