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Serbian fraternal, social, and cultural organizations in America

Studies in ethnicity : the East European experience in America • (73) • Published In 1980 • Pages: 103-140

By: Brkich, Lazar.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This article describes the origin, development, activities, and significance of various Serbian organizations in the United States. Particular attention in this work is paid to the study of the Serbian mutual aid societies, but additional information is also to be found on fraternal federations, patriotic organizations (e.g., the Serbian National Defense society), singing societies, church oriented groups, athletic clubs (e.g., the SOKOL organizations), and veterans, political, and various cultural organiztions.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

External migration

Music

Sodalities

External relations

Political parties

Humanistic studies

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Serbian Americans

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1997

RegionThe area the document pertains to

North America

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

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.

Unknown

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.

4: Excellent Secondary 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

1870s-1970s

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

United States

NotesAdditional notes

Lazar Brkich

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

80066059

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Serbian Americans