The Historical Geography of Croatia

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction—The Territory

   • Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Nikola Glamuzina

   Pages 1-19

3. Prehistory—The Early Interactions Between Humans and Their Environment

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   Pages 21-34

4. Antiquity—The First Model of Territorial Organisation

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   Pages 35-49

5. Early Middle Ages and the Croatian State—Spatial Organisation and a New Cultural Landscape

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   Pages 51-64

6. High Middle Ages—Economic and Political Stabilisation, Re-urbanisation, and Regional Differentiation

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   Pages 65-85

7. Ottoman Conquest and Its Impact on Territorial Reduction and Spatial Change of Croatian Territory

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   Pages 87-111

8. The Early Modern Era—Ottoman Decline

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   Pages 113-144

9. Spatial Impacts of Industrial Development Within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

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   Pages 145-168

10. Croatia Within South-Slavic Political Associations

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    Pages 169-189

11. Stepping Out of the Past—Developmental Tendencies of Croatia Since the 1990s

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    Pages 191-203

This monograph gives a comprehensive but in-depth analysis of the territorial development of Croatia and historical processes of significant spatial impact. It covers the millennial time span – from prehistory till the present, through relevant periods, e.g., prehistory, antiquity, Middle Ages, period of Ottoman progression and retreat, Post-Ottoman period of development of the Central European railway network, the period of South Slavic political associations (old and new Yugoslavia), and the post-Yugoslav period of independent Croatia.  

The book is highly illustrated with maps and figures. It is written by scholars from the region, based on the original research and the vast body of literature. It is one of the only books in English that interprets the overall development of the territory and cultural landscape of Croatia. Its scientific but comprehensive approach makes it of use to scholars, students and anyone interested in historical and geographicalprocesses and features of Croatia and the Balkan region.

• Croatian History
• Geography of Croatia
• Croatian Territory
• Territorial Organization
• Hrvatska
• Cultural Landscape of Croatia
• Environmental History of Croatia
• Territorial Development
• Yugoslavia
• historical geography

• Faculty of Science, Department of Geography, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

  Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Education, University of Split, Split, Croatia

  Nikola Glamuzina

Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš is a professor at the University of Zagreb (Croatia). Her research interests are mainly focused on historical geography, environmental history and landscape change, borderlands areas, spatial perceptions and spatial (regional) identities. She has been serving as the vice-president of the European Society for Environmental History (2017–19). Since 2020 she was appointed chair of the IGU Commission on Marginalization, Globalization and Regional and Local Response.  She has co-authored 6 textbooks, edited 4 books and authored or co-authored more than 90 papers, among which 60 peer reviewed scholarly book chapters and research journal articles.
 
Nikola Glamuzina is a professor at the University of Split (Croatia). His research interests are primarily economic geography, historical geography, urban geography and historical cartography with focus on Croatia and neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina. He has authored or co-authored 4 scientific books (including 2 textbooks), and more than 30 papers, mostly research journal articles.

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