Abstract
In 1918 Robert J. Kerner, who became one of America’s leading authorities on Yugoslavia, wrote an article entitled The Jugo-Slav Movement’ the first sentence of which read ‘If there are miracles in history, the Jugo-Slav movement is a miracle.’ After surveying the main trends in south Slavonic history, he concluded his article by stressing that:
Religious differences, political rivalries, linguistic quibbles and the petty foibles of centuries appeared to be forgotten in the three short years which elapsed from Kumanovo to the destruction of Serbia in 1915. The Greater Serbia idea had really perished in 1915 as had the Greater Croatia idea in 1878. In their place emerged Jugo-Slavia. … Nationalism had proved stronger than opposing religions, more cohesive than political and economic interests. … The Jugo-Slav movement had ended in the formation of a nation which is neither a doctrine, nor a dream but a reality.1
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R. J. Kerner, The Jugo-Slav Movement (Cambridge, Mass., 1918) pp. 81–95.
Hugh and Christopher Seton-Watson, The Making of a New Europe: R. W. Seton-Watson and the Last Years of Austria-Hungary (Seattle, 1981) p. 311.
M. M. Vukičević, Istorija srpskoga naroda za srednje škole od dolaska Srba na Balkansko poluostrvo do polovine XV stoleća (Belgrade, 1904) vol. 1 and Istorija Srpskoga naroda za srednje škole od polovine XV stoleća do danas (Belgrade, 1902) vol. 2.
Some of the best examples of Serbian nationalism are found in the following books. Geography: S. Antonović and N. Lazić, Zemljopis za II razred srednjih škola (Belgrade, 1912);
V. Karić, Srbija: Opis zemlje, naroda, i države (Belgrade, 1887);
V. Karić, Zemljopis za niže razrede srednjih škola po najnovijim izvorima-politički zemljopis: jevropa (Belgrade, 1883);
St. J. Nikolič, Kraljevina Srbija i kratak pregled srpskih zemalja za TV razred narodnih škola (Belgrade, 1899);
P. Šreplović, Atlas srpskih zemalja i balkanskog poluostrva sa zemljopisom za učenike-ce TV razreda osnovnih škola (Belgrade, 1900); and
Dim. J. Sokolović, Zemljopis srpskih zemalja i balkanskoga poluostrva za učenike TV razreda osnovnih škole (Belgrade, 1890). Literature:
F. Hristić, Druga čitanka za osnove srpske škole (Belgrade, 1872);
F. Hristić, Treća čitanka za osnovone srpske škole (Belgrade, 1872);
M. Ivković, Srpska čitanka za prvi razred srednjih škola (Belgrade, 1911);
V. M. Jovanović and M. Ivković, Srpska čitanka za četvrti razred srednjih škola (Belgrade, 1913);
L. M. Protić and V. D. Stojanović, Srpska čitanka za TV razred osnovnih škola u Kraljevinih Srbiji (Belgrade, 1907). History:
J. Djordjević, Istorija srpskoga naroda od najstarijega doba za srednje škole i za narod (Vranje, 1900) p. 7;
M. Jović, Srpska istorija za IV razred osnovne škole (Belgrade, 1896); and
St. Stanojević and L. Zrnić, Istorija srpskoga naroda za srednje škole (Belgrade, 1908–10) 2 vols.
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Jelavich, C. (1988). Milenko M. Vukičević: from Serbianism to Yugoslavism. In: Deletant, D., Hanak, H. (eds) Historians as Nation-Builders. Studies in Russia and East Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09647-3_7
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