Kreševljaković, Hamdija. Sarajevo za Vrijeme Austrougarske Uprave (1878-1918). Sarajevo: Arhiv Grada, 1969, 154pp.
ABSTRACT
Sarajevo during the Austro-Hungarian Administration: 1878-1918
Sarajevo za Vrijeme Austrougarske Uprave (1878-1918)
Hamdija Kreševljaković, a prolific writer on the history of Bosnia, presents in this work a detailed chronicle of the period of Austro-Hungarian occupation and how it transformed the capital of Sarajevo. Sarajevo during the Austro-Hungarian Administration: 1878-1918 examines the Habsburg organisation of the city, government and its functions, schools, religious organisations, the development of literature, art and journalism; economic, agricultural, infrastructural and industrial changes; and finally the development of political life.
Especially valuable is the rich notation of sources and short biographies in endnotes that complete the picture of Sarajevo’s individuals, organisations and newspapers of the period. Kreševljaković used the archival material of the city of Sarajevo (City Archive) as well as sources in German and Ottoman Turkish languages. Newspapers, journals, memoirs and unpublished works and manuscripts were also utilised in the author’s impeccably detailed research of this short, but important period in Sarajevo’s history.
Following the “Chronicle of Events” listed by year at the end of the book, is an Appendix with price tables of groceries comparing the prices before and after the occupation and various city taxes and fees to show the immediate economic changes that the occupation brought. Also relevant is the list, complete with descriptions of their condition, of fifty hans (public commercial building/caravanserai) that existed in Sarajevo at the time of the occupation. Although the work is a chronicle and lacks commentary and assessment, its significance lies in its sources and author’s first-hand knowledge of the period.
Leyla Amzi
Amzi, Leyla. “English abstract of 'Sarajevo during the Austro-Hungarian Administration: 1878-1918'". Translated by Leyla Amzi. In Cities as Built and Lived Environments: Scholarship from Muslim Contexts, 1875 to 2011, by Aptin Khanbaghi, 115. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
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