Summary
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski: Travel in Bosnia
Habsburg Monarchy, 19th century, time of court absolutism and centralism. The time of Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski's most fruitful creative period and his several-week trip around central Bosnia. The result is a short travelogue that shows Kukuljević's view of Bosnia. Bosnia, which is part of the underdeveloped East, is economically backward, far from the countries of the West. Kukuljević compares life in Bosnia and Croatia and describes all the details of his journey, from meeting the natives to describing meals, thus becoming a source of historical and ethnological data important for the study of Bosnia.
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