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The Bosnian Muslims: class, ethnicity, and political behavior in a European state

Muslim-Christian conflicts : economic, political, and social originsBoulder, ColoradoPublished In 1978 • Pages: 185-208

By: Donia, Robert J., Lockwood, William G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article traces the political, social, economic, and cultural foundations of the Bosnian Muslims from the Ottoman period of 1463 to the 1960s. The authors believe that the emergence of the Bosnian Muslims as an important group in Bosnia-Herzegovina can only be understood in terms of their historical experiences. With this in mind they describe briefly each of the five different administrative systems since 1463, starting with the Ottoman period (1463-1878), then the Austro-Hungarian period (1878-1918), the independent inter-war Yugoslavian period (1918-1941), the wartime fascist USTASI state (1941-1945), and post-war socialist Yugoslavia (1945-1960s). The transition from each successive administration to the next '…has generated a restructuring of Bosnian society and caused major changes in the context and meaning of ethnicity for each major group [i.e., Bosnian Muslims, as well as Christian Serbs and Croats]' (p. 188).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Sociocultural trends
Cultural identity and pride
Tribe and nation
Inter-ethnic relations
External relations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bosnian Muslims
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeastern Europe
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1996
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1463-1960s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
NotesAdditional notes
Robert Donia and William G. Lockwood
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-207)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78021772
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bosnians/Muslims