Habsburg Sarajevo 1914: A Social Picture
Habsburg Sarajevo 1914: A Social Picture

Summary/Abstract: Despite a strong Ottoman heritage, Sarajevo of 1914 was an increasingly Habsburg city, not only politically and administratively, but also socially, culturally, and economically. While the city’s Muslim population fell, Christian and Jewish outsiders arrived from throughout the Empire or migrated from rural parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina, permitting Vienna’s court-approved hierarchy and culture to make inroads into all aspects of everyday life, affecting the city’s architecture and patterns of economic and social life. New social and educational institutions, public rituals, and conventions arose to meet the needs of both newcomers and local residents, many of whom perceived political, social, and economic advantage from participating in such institutions; these new institutions filled a gap in a city that under Ottoman rule offered few opportunities for social interaction beyond the mosque and market, and they offered inclusion to all, regardless of religious confession.

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