Introduction
Few international political events captured the world’s attention during the 1990s as did the war in the former Yugoslavia. By the late 1980s, and especially following the rise to power of Slobodan Milošević in 1987, signs of the tragedy that was to unfold became apparent.
With the erosion of Yugoslav institutions and the lack of independent ones to take their place, steps were taken in Croatia to found independent political parties, all of which sought, in different ways, to deal with the Croatian national question. Milošević’s truculence proved decisive in Croatia’s decision to pursue the path of independence in 1990. These events, however, were preceded by decades of political and social upheaval for Croatians in Yugoslavia, many of whom either chose or were forced to leave their homeland.
I begin with a general historical and sociopolitical overview of Croatia and Croatian diasporas, followed by a more detailed analysis of Croatians in Canada. The analytical parameters...
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Winland, D. (2005). Croatian Diaspora. In: Ember, M., Ember, C.R., Skoggard, I. (eds) Encyclopedia of Diasporas. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29904-4_8
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