HIST 329 Lecture 11: 02-05
15 Apr 2016
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Plebiscite--austria/slovene zone a, german zone b--vote to stay w austria. Romania, yugoslavia, czechoslovakia occupying land, wouldn"t give it up. Pasic"s serbian radical party now led by serbian middle class, tho still appealed to peasants. Svetozar pribicevic led democratic party, cooperated w rad party. Stjepan radic led croatian peasant party--proposed peasant republic, radic arrested for treason. Communist party was 3rd most powerful, popular in backward areas. All men allowed to vote, except those w german/hungarian bkgrnd. Many, many political parties--serbian dems/rads form govt, supervised writing of const. Voted to outlaw communist party, peasant party boycotted. Serbian centralists had most power, but a lot of pop had not accepted arrangement/unitary structure. Centralists saw any crit of const as treason. Land reform--general goal was to hav land belong to those who farmed it, Social structure of yugoslavia took a long time. Grew from 12 to 14 mil in 1920"s. Inflighting, plots for assassinations, eventually new elections called on threat of civil war.
