Bijela kuga

Rad analizira pojavu bijele kuge na području Slavonije od sredine 19. stoljeća do početka drugog svjetskog rata. To je vrijeme kada je u Hrvatskoj ukinuto kmetstvo i kad nastaju bitne promjene u agrarnoj proizvodnji, a ujedno time i na društvenom i kulturnom planu. Prelaskom s naturalne na robno novčanu privredu dolazi da promjena u svim životnim segmentima pa tako i u odnosu prema djeci. U promijenjenim uvjetima, kada je velik broj djece postao nepoželjan, žene su usvojile praksu abortusa s poraznim posljedicama na vlastito zdravlje. U radu su prikazani sustavi vrijednosti koje su prema toj pojavi imali različiti autori te kako su se tijekom vremena mijenjali razlozi za kontrolu rađanja u skladu s gospodarskim, društvenim i ideološkim kretanjima.
The paper analyzes the phenomenon of the white plague in the area of Slavonia which was present from the middle of the 20th century to the begining of the World War II. It was a time when the serfdom in Croatia ended and major changes occurred in the farming production, and with that also on the social and cultural plane. With the transition from the barter to the monetary economy changes occur in all segments of life including the attitude towards the children. In the changed circumstances, when a large number of children seemed undesirable, women adopted the practice of abortion with appalling consequences to their personal health. The paper presents all the judgments of values shown by the authors who wrote about this phenomenon and how during time the reasons for birth control changed according to the economical, social and ideological changes.