Organization and working of Seljačka sloga in Karlovac county from 1935 to 1941

U ovom se radu nastoji prikazati sveobuhvatno djelovanje Seljačke sloge, kulturno- socijalne organizacije seljaka u okrilju Hrvatske seljačke stranke, na području kotara Karlovac. Ona je započela sa svojim radom još 1920-ih godina, no u ovome radu je fokus na njenom djelovanju od obnove 1935. godine pa do početka Drugoga svjetskoga rata u Jugoslaviji 1941. godine. Ogranci Seljačke sloge osnivali su se diljem cijeloga kotara Karlovac te je on bio u vrhu po broju osnovanih ogranaka u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji. U radu se istraţuje koliko su ogranci bili aktivni i u kojim sve područjima ţivota seljaka. Njihove djelatnosti se mogu podijeliti na kulturne, prosvjetne, pravne i gospodarske. Na kulturnom planu, ogranci su radili na obnovi i očuvanju narodnih nošnji, narodnih pjesama, plesova i običaja te organizaciji smotri seljačke kulture na kojima se prikazivalo cjelokupno seljačko umjetničko stvaralaštvo. Na prosvjetnom se planu radilo na opismenjavanu seljaštva, čitanju i objavljivanju knjiga i na odrţavanju mnogobrojnih predavanja vezanim uz sva područja ţivota. Pravne i gospodarske djelatnosti su uključivale Sudove dobrih i poštenih ljudi, osnivanje zadruga i odbora za gospodarsku pomoć seljacima, ali i za pomoć unesrećenima. Iako su se ogranci prvenstveno bavili kulturnim djelatnostima i radu na opismenjavanju seljaka, ne bi bilo u redu te djelatnosti izdvojiti od drugih, jer su sve djelatnosti bile vrlo značajne za sve seljake i članove ogranaka Seljačke sloge.The goal of this master's thesis is to review the comprehensive activity of Seljačka sloga, cultural and social organisation of Croatian Peasant Party, in the county of Karlovac. Seljačka sloga started with the activities in the 1920s, but in this paper the focus is on the activites from 1935, when the organization was restored, until the start of World War 2 in Yugoslavia in 1941. The branches of Seljačka sloga were founded all over the county of Karlovac which was in the top in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia according to the number of them. The paper examines how active the branches were and in what areas of the peasants lives. Their activities can be divided into cultural, educational, juridical and economic. On the cultural field, the branches worked to restore and preserve folk costumes, folk songs, dances, and customs, and to organize peasant culture festivals on which the entire peasant art work was displayed. The educational plan involved spreading literacy among the peasantry, reading and publishing books and holding numerous lectures related to all areas of life. Juridical and economic activities included the Courts of Good and Honest People, the establishment of cooperatives and committees for economic assistance to peasants, but also to help the disadvantaged. Although the branches were primarily engaged in cultural activities and the work on literacy of peasants, it would not be appropriate to distinguish these activities from their other activities, since all activities were very significant for all peasants and members of the branches of Seljačka sloga