Brač u Prvome svjetskom ratu: prema agrarnom raspletu
Brač in the First World War: Towards the Solution of the Agrarian Question

Author(s): Josip Vrandečić
Subject(s): Agriculture, Political history, Government/Political systems, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Brač; First World War; Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes;
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to present dynamics of political and every-day activities on the island of Brač during the First World War. It presents the war-related problems of the populace - shortage of manpower and dependence on vineyards as the main economy of the island. The author pays special attention to the agriculture of the island and argues that it was focal point for the local population who suffered food shortages. According to Dalmatian journals and the Bol municipal archives, population was loyal to the regime until 1917 and then started to profess their allegiance to future Yugoslav state. The period after the war did not fulfill their hopes, because the structural problems such as poverty, migration and lack of modernization, continued.

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