AGRICULTURE IN CROATIA IN THE INTERBELLUM

Hrvatsko gospodarstvo je tijekom povijesti bilo podređeno različitim stranim interesima, te je često bilo korišteno kao jeftin izvor resursa i radne snage. Podređeni ekonomski položaj Hrvatske u sastavu Austro-Ugarske prije Prvog svjetskog rata, nastavio se u Kraljevini Srba Hrvata i Slovenaca nakon 1918. Nekad najnerazvijeniji dijelovi Austro-Ugarske Monarhije, postali su ekonomski vodeći u novoj državnoj zajednici. Suprotno tome, napredno hrvatsko gospodarstvo u novoj državi nije tretirano na ravnopravnoj osnovi. Ono je sustavno eksploatirano, politički organiziranije nego u prethodnoj državnoj zajednici. Hrvatsku poljoprivredu u razdoblju između dva svjetska rata obilježili su: kriza, agrarna prenapučenost, sitni i mali seljački posjedi, nedorečena i nepravilno provedena agrarna reforma, te negativan stav beogradskih vlasti prema hrvatskoj poljoprivredi. U radu su temeljem relevantne literature prikazane prilike u hrvatskoj poljoprivredi unutar monarhističke Jugoslavije.During the past, the Croatian economy was subordinated to various foreign interests, and was often used as a cheap source of resources and labor. The subordinate economic position of Croatia within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy before World War I continued in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, after 1918. Once the most underdeveloped parts of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, they became economic leaders in the new state community. On the contrary, the advanced Croatian economy in the new state has not been treated on an equal basis. Politically, systematic exploitation, was more organized than in the previous state community. Croatia's agriculture in the period between the two world wars was marked by: crisis, agrarian overcrowding, tiny and small peasant estates, incomplete and improperly implemented agrarian reform, and negative attitude of the Belgrade authorities towards Croatian agriculture. Based on relevant literature, the paper presents conditions in Croatian agriculture within the monarchist Yugoslavia