The Social Life of Café

Grad Split se u međuratnom razdoblju razvio u jedno urbano središte još uvijek zadržavajući mnoge odlike prošlih razdoblja. Grad je to u kojem se isprepliću mnogobrojne moderne i tradicionalne vrijednosti, koje su po mnogo čemu kontradiktorne, a ujedno specifične za njegovo poimanje. Ovaj rad prati povijesni put dugovječne kavane Bellevue, jedne od prvih otvorenih kavana u Splitu, koja postoji i radi, uz manje stanke, već više od sto godina. Kakve su se ideje razmjenjivale u kavani Bellevue, koja su se poznata imena tu redovito sastajala, kakav je bio odnos gostiju i zaposlenika, samo su neki od podataka do kojih smo došli. Uz to, istražili smo značaj kavane za grad Split, kao i razdoblje koje se smatra njezinim vrhuncem popularnosti. Dobivena saznanja potaknut će, nadamo se, buduća istraživanja na temu kavane, kao i pokazati koliko je zapravo kava (i kavana) važan dio svakodnevice hrvatskog naroda. Nadamo se kako će naše istraživanje pomoći svima koji budu htjeli prvenstveno pobliže otkriti društveni život kavane Bellevue, ali i onima koji uviđaju povijesni i kulturni značaj koji nose sve glavne gradske kavane, kako za svoje gradove, tako i za cijelu zemlju.In between the two World Wars, the city of Split has developed into an urban center, while still mantaining many features of its past periods. It is a city where modern and traditional values are interwined, that are in many ways contradictory, but still specific to its understanding. This thesis follows the historic path of the Bellevue coffeehouse, one of the first opened coffeehouses in Split, that exists and works for more than a hundred years. What sort d of ideas were exchanged at the Bellevue coffeehouse, which famous names could be seen there, what was the relationship between guests and employees like, are only some of the information we have managed to gather. We also questioned the impact of the coffeehouse on the city of Split, as well as what period is considered to be the culmination of its popularity. All gained data will, hopefully, inspire some future researches of coffeehouses, as well as show how much coffee and coffeehouse are really important to the everyday life of Croatian people. We hope that our research will help all those who firstly wish to find out more about the social life of the Bellevue coffeehouse, and to those who recognize the historical and cultural significance that all major city coffeehouses have, for their cities and entire countrie