Yugoslavia

by Rusinow, Dennison

• ISBN13: 9780822960102
• ISBN10: 0822960109
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-28
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

Defying Stalin and his brand of communism, Tito's Yugoslavia developed a unique kind of socialism that combined one-party rule with an economic system of workers' self-management that aroused intense interest throughout the Cold War. As a member of the American Universities Field Staff, Dennison Rusinow became a long-time resident and frequent visitor to Yugoslavia. This volume presents the most significant of his refreshingly immediate and well-informed reports on life in Yugoslavia and the country's major political developments. Rusinow's essays explore such diverse topics as the first American-style supermarket and its challenge to traditional outdoor markets; the lessons of a Serbian holiday feast (Slava); the resignation of vice president Rankovic; the Croatian Spring of 1971; ethnic divides and the rise of nationalism throughout the country; the tension between conservative and liberal forces in Yugoslav politics; and the student revolt at Belgrade University in 1968. Rusinow's final report in 1991 examines the serious challenges to the nation's future even as it collapsed.

Author Biography

Dennison Rusinow was a research professor at the University Center for International Studies and emeritus professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He was the author of five books, including The Yugoslav Experiment, 1948-1974. Gale Stokes is Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of History, Emeritus, at Rice University. His books include: Three Eras of Political Change in Eastern Europe; The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe; and From Stalinism to Pluralism: A Documentary History of Eastern Europe since 1945.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Oblique Insights
A Serbian Feast	p. 3
Lipizzaners under Socialism	p. 11
The Supermarket Revolution	p. 26
Insights and Attitudes	p. 42
Crisis Moments
The Titoist Revolution Enters a New Phase	p. 49
Anatomy of a Student Revolt	p. 62
Post-Mortems of the Crisis in Croatia	p. 105
Facilis Decensus Averno	p. 137
The Road to Karadjordjevo	p. 163
Croatian Nationalism in Retreat	p. 199
The National Question
Kosovo Vignettes	p. 237
The Other Albania	p. 247
Unfinished Business	p. 293
To Be or Not to Be?	p. 315
Notes	p. 341
Index	p. 363
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