Balkans in World History

Name: Balkans in World History
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ISBN: 9780195338010

ISBN-10: 0195338014

ISBN-13: 9780195338010

Edition: 2008

Authors: Andrew Baruch Wachtel

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In the historical and literary imagination, the Balkans loom large as a somewhat frightening and ill-defined space, often seen negatively as a region of small and spiteful peoples, racked by racial and ethnic hatred, always ready to burst into violent conflict. The Balkans in World History re-defines this space in positive terms, taking as a starting point the cultural, historical, and social threads that allow us to see this region as a coherent if complex whole. Eminent historian Andrew Wachtel here depicts the Balkans as that borderland geographical space in which four of the world's greatest civilizations have overlapped in a sustained and meaningful way to produce a complex, dynamic,…

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 9.02" wide x 6.10" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Editors' Preface


Introduction: The Balkans as Borderland and Melting Pot



Beginnings: From Prehistory to the Byzantine Empire



The Medieval Balkans



The Balkans under Ottoman Rule



The Long Nineteenth Century (1775-1922)



The Twentieth Century: From the Balkans to Southeast Europe


Chronology


Notes


Further Reading


Web Sites


Acknowledgments


Index