The Fiume Crisis

Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire

Dominique Kirchner Reill

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$36.00 • £28.95 • €32.50

ISBN 9780674244245

Publication Date: 12/01/2020

* Academic Trade

312 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

30 photos, 3 maps

Belknap Press

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A Note on Names
Maps
- Rijeka (Fiume) Today
- Fiume within the Habsburg Empire
- Fiume 1919–1924
- Fiume 1924–1941
- Fiume 1947–present
Introduction: The Christmas of Blood
1. Concealing Histories: The Different Fiume Stories
2. Follow the Money: The Currency Debacle
3. Legal Ins and Outs: Crafting Local Sovereignty
4. Between City and State: The Contradictions of Citizenship
5. A Sense of Self: Propaganda and Nationalism
Conclusion: When Empire Disappears
Notes
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index

Awards & Accolades

Honorable Mention, 2021 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

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