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Prispevki Za Novejso Zgodovin INŠTITUT ZA NOVEJŠO ZGODOVINO PRISPEVKI ZA NOVEJŠO ZGODOVINO Letnik LI Ljubljana 2011 Številka 2 Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino LI - 2/2011 Contributions to the Contemporary History Contributions a l'histoire contemporaine Beiträge zur Zeitgeschichte UDC 94(497.4)"18/19" UDK ISSN 0353-0329 Uredniški odbor: dr. Zdenko Čepič (odgovorni urednik), dr. Damijan Guštin (glavni urednik), dr. Aleksej Kalc, dr. Boris Mlakar, dr. Avguštin Malle, dr. Dušan Nećak, dr. Janko Prunk, dr. Franc Rozman, dr. Mario Strecha, dr. Mojca Šorn Redakcija zaključena 1. 9. 2011 Za znanstveno vsebino tekstov in točnost podatkov odgovarjajo avtorji. Lektor: Tine Logar Naslovnica: Janez Suhadolc, dipl. ing. arh. Prevodi: Borut Praper - angleščina Bibliografska obdelava: Igor Zemljič Izdaja: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino SI-1000 Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 1, Republika Slovenija tel. (386) 01 200 31 20, fax (386) 01 200 31 60 e-mail (odgovorni urednik) [email protected] Številka vpisa v razvid medijev: 720 Založil: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino s sofinanciranjem Javne agencije za knjigo Republike Slovenije Računalniški prelom: MEDIT d.o.o., Notranje Gorice Tisk: Grafis trade d.o.o. Cena: 15,00 EUR Zamenjave (Exchange, Austausch): Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino SI-1000 Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 1, Republika Slovenija Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino so indeksirani v bazi Historical Abstract Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino LI - 2/2011 Kazalo RAZPRAVE - ARTICLES Peter Vodopivec, O industrializaciji Maribora in spodnje Štajerske v 19. stoletju ..................................................................................................................... 7 On the Industrialisation of Maribor and Lower Styria in the 19th Century UDK 330.341.424 (497.4Maribor)"18" Andrej Studen, Pričakovani in dejanski krepostni svet ljubezni, spolnosti in morale služkinj v meščanskih gospodinjstvih ................................................ 29 The Expected and Actual Virtuous World of Love, Sex and Morality of Maidservants in the Bourgeois Households UDK 930.85:175/176-058.4/055.2 (497.4)"18/19" Mateja Ratej, Krepitev vezi med Slovensko ljudsko in Narodno radikalno stranko po padcu zadnje vlade Nikole Pašića leta 1926 ................................................... 45 The Strengthening Bond between the Slovenian People's Party and National Radical Party after the Fall of the Last Government of Nikola Pašić in 1926 UDK 329.11.(497.4):323(497.11)"1926" Mojca Šorn, Sobivanje med vojaštvom in civilnim prebivalstvom na Slovenskem v prvi Jugoslaviji ..................................................................................... 61 Coexistance between Military and the Civilian Population in Slovenia during the First Yugoslavia UDK 355.121(497.4)"1918/1941" Jože Prinčič, Vpliv amerikanizacije na gospodarsko življenje v Sloveniji s poudarkom na drugi polovici 20. stoletja ..................................................................... 75 Influence of Americanisation on the Economic Life in Slovenia with the Emphasis on the Second Half of the 20th Century UDK 330:316.77(497.4) "1945/2004" Jurij Hadalin, Načrti Jugoslavije in Zahoda za menjavo albanskega režima v času po resoluciji Informbiroja .......................................................................... 91 The Plans of Yugoslavia and the West to Replace the Albanian Regime after the Cominform Resolution UDK 327(497.1:496.5)"1948" Marjetka Rangus, Dvajset let parlamentarizma: slovenski in hrvaški parlament – poskus primerjave ...................................................................................... 105 Twenty Years of Parliamentarism: Slovenian and Croatian Parliament – an Attempt at a Comparison UDK 328(497.4:497.5)"1990/2010" Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino LI - 2/2011 ZAPISI – NOTES Maria Todorova, Vojna in spomin ................................................................................ 121 UDK 316.485.26 JUBILEJI – JUBILEES Franc Rozman – sedemdesetletnik (Dušan Nećak) ....................................................... 127 K šestdesetletnici Nevenke Troha (Branko Marušič) ..................................................... 130 Jože Prinčič – šestdesetletnik (Žarko Lazarević) ............................................................. 133 IN MEMORIAM Bogdan C. Novak (1919–2011) (Peter Vodopivec) ...................................................... 139 Edi Šelhaus (1919–2011) (Dejan Vončina) .................................................................. 142 OCENE IN POROČILA – REVIEWS AND REPORTS Mira Delavec, Moč vesti (Sabina Ž. Žnidaršič) ............................................................. 149 Ervin Dolenc, Med kulturo in politiko (Anka Vidovič-Miklavčič) ................................ 153 Prežihov Voranc – Lovro Kuhar : pisatelj, politik, patriot (Jurij Perovšek) .................... 163 Peter Pirker, Gegen das "Dritte Reich" (Brigitte Entner) .............................................. 172 Michael Koschat, Braune Flecken im Ortsbild (Avguštin Malle) ................................... 176 Unsichtbar. NS-Herrschaft: Verfolgung und Widerstand in der Steiermark (Brigitte Entner) ............................................................................... 180 Unsichtbar. Widerständiges im Salzkammergut (Brigitte Entner) ................................. 182 Das Tagebuch des Thomas Olip (Avguštin Malle) ........................................................ 184 Vojmir Tavčar, Polom : Tržaška kreditna banka (Aleksander Lorenčič) ........................ 188 Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino LI - 2/2011 Uredniška navodila avtorjem 1. Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino so znanstvena revija, izdaja jo Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino, Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 1. Revija objavlja izključno članke s področja novejše zgodovine. 2. V reviji so objavljeni prispevki v slovenskem jeziku, povzetki (summary) pa v angleškem ali nemškem ali italijanskem ali francoskem, izvleček (abstract) pa v angleškem. 3. Prispevek oddan uredništvu lahko obsega do 24 enostransko tipkanih strani s po 30 vrsticami na stran (43.200 znakov). Prispevek mora biti oddan na disketi (z navedbo urejevalnika) in v odtisu. Avtor mora navesti sledeče podatke: ime in priimek, akademski naslov, delovno mesto, ustanovo zaposlitve, njen naslov in morebitni naslov elektronske pošte (e-mail). 4. Oddani prispevek mora imeti tudi izvleček in povzetek (praviloma do 3000 znakov - 45 vrstic). Izvleček (do 250 besed) mora biti razumljiv sam po sebi brez branja celotnega besedila članka; pri pisanju se uporabljajo celi stavki; izogibati se je treba slabše znanim kraticam in okrajšavam. Izvleček mora vsebovati avtorjev primarni namen oziroma doseg članka, razlog zakaj je bil napisan ter opis tehnike raziskovalnega pristopa (osnovna metodološka načela). K izvlečku mora avtor dodati ključne besede, ki odražajo vsebino prispevka in so primerne za indeksiranje. Oddani prispevek mora imeti navedbo ustrezne klasifikacije - kategorije uveljavljene v sistemu COBISS (izvirni znanstveni članek, pregledni znanstveni članek, poljudni članek, ...). 5. Besedilo prispevka mora biti pregledno in razumljivo strukturirano, tako da je mogoče raz- brati metodo dela, rezultate in sklepe. Na koncu mora biti navedena uporabljena literatura in arhivski fondi. 6. Opombe morajo biti pisane enotno. So vsebinske (avtorjev komentar) in bibliografske (na- vedba vira, uporabljene - citirane literature). Bibliografska opomba mora ob prvi navedni vsebovati celoten naslov oz. nahajališče: ime in priimek avtorja: naslov dela (ko gre za objavo v reviji ali zborniku naslov le-tega), kraj in leto izida, strani (primer: monografija: Jurij Perovšek: Liberalizem in vprašanje slovenstva : nacionalna politika liberalnega tabora v letih 1918-1929. Ljubljana: Modrijan, str. ...; revija/zbornik : Ervin Dolenc: Slovensko zgodo- vinopisje o času med obema vojnama in kulturna zgodovina. V: Prispevki za novejšo zgo- dovino, 38, 1998, št. 1-2, str. 43-57.), nato pa se uporablja smiselna okrajšava (navajati: dalje ...). Pri navajanju arhivskih virov je treba navesti najprej arhiv (ob prvi navedbi celotno ime, v primeru da ga uporabljamo večkrat navesti okrajšavo v oklepaju), ime fonda ali zbirke (signaturo, če jo ima), številko fascikla (škatle) in arhivske enote; mogoče ja navesti tudi naslov navajanega dokumenta. 7. Prispevki so recenzirani; recenzije so anonimne. Na osnovi pozitivnega mnenja recenzentov je prispevek uvrščen v objavo. 8. Za znanstveno vsebino prispevka in točnost podatkov odgovarja avtor. 9. Uredništvo prejete prispevke lektorira, avtor lekturo pregleda in jo avtorizira. Uredništvo po- sreduje avtorju prvo korekturo prispevka, ki jo mora vrniti uredništvu v roku treh dni. širjenje obsega besedila ob korekturah ni dovoljeno. Pri korekturah je treba uporabljati ko- rekturna znamenja navedena v Slovenski pravopis (1962), Slovenski pravopis 1. Pravila (1990). Drugo korekturo opravi uredništvo. 10. Dodatna pojasnila lahko avtorji dobijo na uredništvu ([email protected]). Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino LI - 2/2011 Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino LI - 2/2011 7 1.01 UDK 330.341.424 (497.4Maribor)"18" Prejeto 31. 3. 2011 Peter Vodopivec* O industrializaciji Maribora in spodnje Štajerske v 19. stoletju IZVLEČEK Avtor opozarja na protislovne interpretacije zgodnje industrializacije v slovenskem zgodo- vinopisju in v zborniku Mesto in gospodarstvo, Mariborsko gospodarstvo v 20. stoletju, ki je izšel leta 2010. V zborniku tako lahko na eni strani beremo, da je Maribor po izgradnji Južne železnice v industrijskem pogledu naglo napredoval, na drugi pa stališče,
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