Zagreb-Dubrovnik: HAZU, Zavod za povijesne znanosti u Dubrovniku: 2008, 248p.
ISBN 978-953-154-760-4
(Conclusion, pp. 199-201)
Dubrovnik Renaissance gardens and villas were, as a rule, designed and built by local craftsmen with the full participation of their owners, so they reflect the potentials, wishes, philosophy and creative capabilities of local residents.
Through comparison of [...]
Carmichael, Cathie, compiler. Croatia (Bibliography). World Bibliographical Series Volume 216. Oxford, England, Santa Barbara, California, Denver, Colorado: Clio Press, 1999. xxv 194 p. Cultural policy in Croatia . Strasburg: Counc. Cult. Coop., 1999. p. xiv, 275. The Donald W. Treadgold Papers A publication series The Donald W. Treadgold Papers in Russian, East European and [...]
Origins of a Catastrophe. Yugoslavia and its Destroyers. America’s Last Ambassador Tells What Happened and Why (New York: Time Books/Random House, 1996) In his introduction, America’s last ambassador to Yugoslavia says that he will tell the story of the “villains” who destroyed Yugoslavia those “nationalist leaders who coopted, intimidated, circumvented, or eliminated all opposition [...]
Pastoral Letters, Statements and Appeals of the Catholic Bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1990-1997. Edited by Msgr. Dr. Mato Zovkic, assisted by Andrew Michaels III. Translated by Dr. Ante Cuvalo, assisted by Theresa Zdunic-Conway, Ivana Cuvalo, John Prcela and Dusko Condic. Sarajevo: Biskupska konferencija Bosne i Hercegovine, 1998. (186 pages) This is a compilation of [...]
Peljeski rodovi (Family Names of the Peljesac Peninsula). Dubrovnik: Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU, Vol I (A-K) 1995, and Vol. II (L-Zh) 1996. The first part of the book deals with the first names of the inhabitants of the Peljesac peninsula from the 13th to the 20th centuries. The author explains changes in the assortment [...]
Croatia, A Nation Forged in War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997 (338 p.) This book clearly deserves attention: It is the first by this Anglo-Saxon author about Croatian history and is also the first presentation of its kind about Croatia’s rising from the ashes of communism. Marcus Tanner worked as a reporter for London’s [...]
U Salonu Marije Giorgi Bona (In the Salon of Maria Giorgi Bona). Dubrovnik: Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU, 1996. (197 pages) During the late 18th and 19th centuries, the home of Maria Giorgi Bona was a gathering place of numerous Dubrovnik’s and European distinguished people engaged in literary and cultural issues. She entertained both domestic [...]
The Road to Hell and Back (Chicago: Croatian Franciscan Press, 1999), 137 pp., photos, appendix. Father Sosic’s account of his internment in the Serbian camps of Keraterm, Omarska, and Manjaca is a valuable contribution to the literature on suffering and the human spirit. Like Viktor Frankl, Sosic discusses life in a death camp, and like [...]
The U.S. Media and Yugoslavia, 1991- 1995. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1998. xx, 272 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Tables. $69.50, hard bound This self-proclaimed “eclectic, a little bit improvised” (xii) and “incomplete” account of “why U.S. media did the job it did covering Yugoslavia’s dissolution (ix) is not eclectic at all. This book is rather like [...]
Povijest dubrovacke luke (History of the Port of Dubrovnik). Dubrovnik: Zavod za povijesne znanosti HAZU, 1996. (252 pages) This scholarly book has given a new depth and interpretation of the history of Dubrovnik. With the help of the exact sciences, the author has concluded that Dubrovnik was a sea port already in antiquity and negates [...]