Natalija : : Life in the Balkan Powder Keg, 1880-1956 / / Natalija Matić-Zrnić; ed. by Carol S. Lilly, Jill A. Irvine.

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 (incl...

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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (514 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Years of Hope, 1880–1911
  • Chapter 1. Childhood
  • Chapter 2. Learning Motherhood
  • Chapter 3. Life and Politics in Small-Town Serbia
  • Chapter 4. The Family Moves South
  • Chapter 5. The Balkan Wars
  • Part II. Years of War 1914-1924
  • Chapter 6. The War: Begins July 1914 to October 1915
  • Chapter 7. Refugees: October 1915 to January 1916, Prokuplje
  • Chapter 8. Life Under Occupation: 1916
  • Chapter 9. Resistance: 1917
  • Chapter 10. Endings: 1918
  • Chapter 11. Beginnings: 1919
  • Part III. Years of Disappointment, 1924–1956
  • Chapter 12. A New Country, A New Life: 1924–1927
  • Chapter 13. Europe in Decline: 1932–1939
  • Chapter 14. War Again: 1939–1945
  • Chapter 15. Twilight
  • Appendix: Natalija Matić-Zrnić and Her Family
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Map Credits