THE SERB ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS

O temi kojoj smo posvetili ove retke, u hrvatskoj historiografiji nije se puno pisalo. Ona može biti doprinos za prikaz opće povijesti srpskog naroda u Hrvatskoj. Ona također može pružiti bolji uvid o razini nacionalne svijesti. Ovim radom želimo istražiti koja gospodarska, kulturna, prosvjetna i humanitarna društva stvaraju Srbi u Hrvatskoj u razdoblju od 1883. do 1903. godine. Sva su ova društva svakako pouzdan štit identiteta jednoga naroda. Želimo odgovoriti na pitanje kako se, na koji način i u kojoj mjeri identificira srpski narod s društvima koja stvara? I ne manje važno: koje su i kakve vrste problemi uz koje društva nastaju? U kojim mjestima i koji slojevi društva sudjeluju u njihovu stvaranju? To su istraživačka pitanja na koja ćemo potražiti odgovor.Most Croatian Serb organisations were established between 1883 and 1903. In that period Serbs created Serbian Bank, 56 various financial institutions, Association of Serb Agricultural Societies, and economic organisation Privrednik (Economist). The Serbian Bank was the strongest financial institution in the Monarchy, which backed the economic and cultural development of Serbs inside and outside of it. On the other hand, Serbs had not created significant cultural institutions, but did establish numerous literary and singing societies and reading halls, which were instrumental in promoting national identity. Culture was a framework for political activity. It should be noted that all those organisations were identified as Serb, had their statues written in Cyrillic alphabet and in Serbian language, which testifies that they organised quite freely and without obstruction