SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sinn Féin, Serbian Nationalism, Greater Serbia
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Irish american man going to fight for ira: know they have to do something to get us govt. to do something. The end in sight [cease-fires: august 1994 - oira & provos announce a unilateral ceasefire (under pressure from. Independence from u. k: go it alone, may satisfy both protestants & catholics, catholics would not have to feel like they were ruled by u. k. Confederation w/ irish republic: northern protestant areas would have degree of autonomy, autonomy be part of ireland & not u. k. Long 16th century [shifting boundaries: no unified nation called yugoslavia existed prior to 1918, main political entities, ottoman empire. Conquered byzantine empire @ beginning of long 16th century: austro-hungarian empire. Major power in central & eastern europe: region divided by 2 great powers. The balkans 1815: austria has renaissance, industrialised, true of croatia, ottoman empire, remains feudal, peoples living in serbia/bosnia --> more rural, no real industrialisation going on, serbians & greeks - christians in muslim empire.
