Association of Serbo-Macedonians (English Wikipedia)

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Motyl, Alexander J. (2000). "Macedonian Nationalism", Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts. Elsevier Science & Technology. p. 309. ISBN 1-849-72311-7. Macedonian nationalism emerged in the 1860s as a cultural movement asserting the existence of Macedonian identity. Led by a small group of intellectuals Macedonian nationalism faced a number of political and cultural obstacles.
During the 20th century, Slavo-Macedonian national feeling has shifted. At the beginning of the 20th century, Slavic patriots in Macedonia felt a strong attachment to Macedonia as a multi-ethnic homeland. They imagined a Macedonian community uniting themselves with non-Slavic Macedonians... Most of these Macedonian Slavs also saw themselves as Bulgarians. By the middle of the 20th. century, however Macedonian patriots began to see Macedonian and Bulgarian loyalties as mutually exclusive. Regional Macedonian nationalism had become ethnic Macedonian nationalism... This transformation shows that the content of collective loyalties can shift.Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe, Ethnologia Balkanica Series, Klaus Roth, Ulf Brunnbauer, LIT Verlag Münster, 2010, ISBN 3825813878, p. 127.
Up until the early 20th century, the international community viewed Macedonians as regional variety of Bulgarians, i.e. Western Bulgarians. Nationalism and Territory: Constructing Group Identity in Southeastern Europe, Geographical perspectives on the human past : Europe: Current Events, George W. White, Rowman & Littlefield, 2000, ISBN 0847698092, p. 236.
"Most of the Slavophone inhabitants in all parts of divided Macedonia, perhaps a million and a half in all – had a Bulgarian national consciousness at the beginning of the Occupation; and most Bulgarians, whether they supported the Communists, VMRO, or the collaborating government, assumed that all Macedonia would fall to Bulgaria after the WWII. Tito was determined that this should not happen. "The struggle for Greece, 1941-1949, Christopher Montague Woodhouse, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2002, ISBN 1-85065-492-1, p. 67.
"At the end of the WWI there were very few historians or ethnographers, who claimed that a separate Macedonian nation existed... Of those Slavs who had developed some sense of national identity, the majority probably considered themselves to be Bulgarians, although they were aware of differences between themselves and the inhabitants of Bulgaria... The question as of whether a Macedonian nation actually existed in the 1940s when a Communist Yugoslavia decided to recognize one is difficult to answer. Some observers argue that even at this time it was doubtful whether the Slavs from Macedonia considered themselves to be a nationality separate from the Bulgarians.The Macedonian conflict: ethnic nationalism in a transnational world, Loring M. Danforth, Princeton University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-691-04356-6, pp. 65-66.
Andrew Rossos (6 June 2008). Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History. Hoover Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-8179-4883-2.
This strange and short-lived experiment assumed ‘mutual exploitation.’ Novakovic and the Serbs had three goals: to make the Macedonians dependent on Serbia, to draw them over to its cause, and to use them to further its influence and interests in Macedonia. The plan could not reconcile the two parties conflicting interests. It benefited Macedonism more than Serbianism, and the Serbs soon abandoned it in favor of more traditional tactics Macedonia and the Macedonians
Kliment Džambazovski (1960). Kulturno-opětestvenite vrski na Makedoncite so Srbija vo tokot na XIX vek. p. 162.
Dimitar Bechev (13 April 2009). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia. Scarecrow Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-8108-6295-1.
Kostov, Chris (2010). Contested Ethnic Identity: the Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900–1996. Peter Lang. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-3034301961.