Further Reading

On the history of Croatia, the reader should consult Francis H. Eterovich and Christopher Spalatin, eds., Croatia, Land, People and Culture, 2 vols. (Toronto, 1962); Francis Preveden, A History of the Croatian People, 2 vols. (New York, 1956); and Stephen Gazi, A History of Croatia, (New York, 1973).

For studies of Croatian emigration and the diaspora at large, there are several classics, most of them in Croatian; see especially the entry on Canada in Arthur Benko Grado, Migracione Enciklopedija (Migration Encyclopedia), vol.1 (Zagreb, 1930), and Večeslav Holjevać, Hrvati izvan domovine (Croatians Outside Their Homeland; Zagreb, 1967). The works of Ivan 2iími– on the Croatian diaspora in the United States, New Zealand, and South America are recommended, including his recent work, History of the Croatian Fraternal Union of America (Zagreb, 1994).

A general work on Croatians in Canada is Anthony W. Rasporich, For a Better Life (Za boljiživot): A History of the Croatians in Canada/Pour une vie Meilleure (Za bolji í ivot): L’histoire des croates au Canada (Toronto, 1982). A most useful collection is Marin Sopta and Gabriele Scardellato, eds., Unknown Journey: A History of the Croatians in Canada, Polyphony, no.14 (1994). Also useful are Vladimir Markotic, ed., Symposium: Emigrants from Croatia and Their Achievements (Calgary, 1987); and “150 years of Croatians in Canada,” Folio Croatica Canada, vol.1 (Calgary, 1995).

For specific topical and area studies, there are several solid works, particularly concentrating on Ontario. In the area of education, see Zoran Pejovic, Boulevard of Dreams: Croatians and Education in Ontario (Toronto, 1990 and 1995). A number of theses explore important subjects, notably: Zlata Godler, “Croatia to Canada Migration Between the Wars: Immigration and Socialization” (PhD thesis, University of Toronto/OISE, 1980); Harry Vjekoslav Herman, “Ethnicity and Occupation: Comparative Analysis of the Occupational Choices of Croatian and Macedonian Immigrants to Ontario” (PhD thesis, University of Toronto, 1978); and Lana Stermac, “A Retrospective Analysis of the Assimilation of a Group of Croatian Immigrants in Toronto” (MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1978). Another article of interest, largely focusing on the Toronto community during the recent war, is Daphne Winland, “‘We are now an Actual Nation’: The Impact of National Independence on Croatians in Canada,” Diaspora, vol.4 (1995), 3–29.

On the subject of Croatian language and literature, Želimir Juricic has published a bibliography, “Croatian-Canadian Creative Literature: A Preliminary Checklist of Authors and Pseudonyms,” in Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol.5, nos.1–2 (1973), 27–29; see also Juricic and Alexander Malycky, “Croatian-Canadian Periodical Publications: Preliminary Checklist,” in Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol.2, no.1 (June, 1970), 21–25. The poet Alain Horić was the subject of an article by Cecile Cloutier Wojciechowska, “Alain Horić, le poete croate du Québec,” Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol.4, nos. 1–2 (1972), 25–33. The only linguistic study is by Milan Surdučki, “Morphological Adaptation of English Loanwords in Serbo-Croatian: A Study of the Speech of Ten Informants in Toronto” (MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1962).

For a brief bibliography of studies prior to 1982 on Croats in Canada, see Rasporich, For a Better Life , 259–70; Vladimir Markotic, “Croatian-Canadian Periodical Publications,” in Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol.5, nos.1 and 2, (1973), 13–17; and Anica Miter and Gabriele Scardellato, “Invitation to Croatian Bibliography,” in Unknown Journey, 155–9. For emigration studies, the best bibliography is in the Croatian language, Hrvatski iseljenički tisak (Croatian Emigrant Publications), 2 vols. (Zagreb, 1992–93).