Book Review: A. Kalc, M. Milharčič Hladnik, and J. Žitnik Serafin, Daring Dreams of the Future: Slovenian Mass Migrations 1870–194

Thought, Society, Culture Series, Vol. 5. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2024, 460 pp.

The authors of this complex volume are Aleksej Kalc, Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik, and Janja Žitnik Serafin, researchers at the Slovenian Migration Institute at the Scientific Research Centre at the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts. Over the past decades, they have made a significant contribution to Slovenian social, cultural, and political history, reconstructing the migratory movements that have taken place in the Adriatic border area and helping to shed light on integration processes, gender inequalities, and the cultural elements in which those who left and those who remained identified.