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This volume deepens our understanding of the distinctive contributions that women have made to Balkan history and also reevaluates this through a more inclusive and interdisciplinary analysis in which gender takes its place alongside other categories such as class, culture, religion, ethnicity and nationhood. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1914 edition by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, Ltd., London. ... Read more

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The tragedies of Bosnia and Kosovo are often explained away as the unchangeable legacy of "centuries-old hatreds." In this richly detailed, expertly balanced chronicle of the Balkans across fifteen centuries, Dennis Hupchick sets a complicated record straight. Organized around the three great civilizations of the region--Western European, Orthodox Christian, and Muslim--this is a much-needed guide to the political, social, cultural, and religious threads of Balkan history--with a clear, convincing account of the reasons for nationalist violence and terror. ... Read more

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The volume addresses the principal question why, given their common past under communist Soviet-type rule, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria accomplished EU membership, while Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia have not.What is political culture? Does political culture affect democratization, and if so, what method could make such analysis feasible? Research on cultural aspects of the various exit strategies of recent and prospective EU members has focused on the cultural thesis that views religion as principal factor for a successful democratization. Baer's comparative and interdisciplinary study addresses the hitherto sparsely researched aspect of political culture with a detailed analysis of the political thought of six Slavic intellectuals, who were crucially involved in nation- and state-building.The analytical portrait of the region's intellectual history, as a subfield of Eastern European history, allows drawing new conclusions about democratization that can help to explain the different paths the states chose after 1989. Baer's study provides a political culture hypothesis and a method tailored to post-communist transition and offers a new theoretical contribution to democratization studies. "The theme and especially the comparative approach are gripping." - Ivanka N. Atanasova, George Mason University."This work is solid intellectual history and has the merit of taking on Samuel Huntington's contention that religion is the key determinant in the development (or lack thereof) of democratic political cultures in East Central Europe."-T. Mills Kelly, George Mason University. ... Read more

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The Balkans
Published by the Allies' most respected historians on the eve of World War I, this book served as a backgrounder on one of Europe's key trouble spots. Still a superb overview of a region which remains unsettled to this day.
The book discusses the history of the major Balkan nationalities. It describes the differing conditions experienced under Ottoman and Habsburg rule, but the main emphasis is on the national movements, their successes and failures to 1900, and the place of events in the Balkans in the international relations of the day. This masterfully crafted eBook faithfully preserves the 1916 revised second edition. ... Read more

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History of the Balkan Peoples
'History of the Balkan Peoples',is written by French diplomat,Rene Ristelhueber,and translated into English by Sherman D. Specter,with both men recieving equal billing on the book cover.Mr. Ristelhueber served in the French military during WW 1,at Salonika,Athens,and Constantinople.Some of Mr. Ristelhueber's diplomatic posts took him to Norway,Lithuania,Tunisia,and Bulgaria,and he spent WW 2 in Canada.His last "official" job was with The International Refugee Organization,1946-52.

If you are looking for a very detailed book on the Balkans,and it's many ethnic groups,and their histories,then this is the book.It is an indispensable reference material for any serious student of Balkan affairs,which are rooted in historical claims.

The book aptly starts with the ancient Greeks and gives a very detailed account of all of the Balkan peoples,including the long forgotten ancient ones such as the Dacian/Getae,Scythian,Vlach's and many more.This book has substantial histories of the Greeks,Bulgarians,Serbs,Rumanian's,and Turks.And also has specific accounts of these aforementioned Slavic peoples won their independance from the Ottoman Turks.Moving on through the Balkan War's,WW1 and WW2,and ending with a synopsis of the Balkan States since 1950 by Mr. Spector.Many maps are also included in the pages of this book,and help in making the reader understand every one of the Balkan peoples yearning for their previously "Great" state. ... Read more

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Great book writen by a smart guy!
This is a good approach to describe the historical matters. It looks impressivre and comprehensive. ... Read more

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A brief overlook at the Balkans
This is a well prepared, objective, non-academic "reader-friendly" book, in spite of being about one of the most complicated corners of the world (historically and politically) doesn't godeep and drawn in details so thats why I preferred to call it "readerfriendly". Great Job. ... Read more

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Balkans, the story behind it.
This is an extreme study of the crisis in the Balkans in 1875.It builds up to the year of the outbreaks and exposes the how and why of the crisis.In Harris' book he reveals to the reader that the happenings in the Balkansis directly and indirectly related to the onset of 1914.The author digsdeep into numerous sources and uses primary sources.Overall it gives thereader a better understanding of why problems exist in the Balkans.It isa slow read and is highly informative.It should be read by all who arestudying foreign relations. ... Read more

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number 24 of a 25 volume set ... Read more