The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920This highly readable and thoroughly researched volume offers an excellent account of the development of seven Balkan peoples during the nineteenth and the first part of the twentieth centuries. Professors Charles and Barbara Jelavich have brought their rich knowledge of the Albanians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Greeks, Romanians, Serbians, and Slovenes to bear on every aspect of the area s history--political, diplomatic, economic, social and cultural. It took more than a century after the first Balkan uprising, that of the Serbians in 1804, for the Balkan people to free themselves from Ottoman and Habsburg rule. The Serbians and the Greeks were the first to do so; the Albanians, the Croatians, and the Slovenes the last. For each people the national revival took its own form and independence was achieved in its own way. The authors explore the contrasts and similarities among the peoples, within the context of the Ottoman Empire and Europe. |
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Typically for Western author, the accent again is on Greece, Serbia and Romania, while the facts about Bulgaria are nearly not mentioned. Because of that we still have problems here on the Balkans...The most bigger, powerful and cultural Medieval Kingdom on Balkans, except Romans is neglected... Its story is neglected and manipulated by the neighbors, who had suffered.
Yes, we was behind the Iron Wall and the data was hard to find, but all is free now and the National Archive is connected with Wikipedia. Do that to have peace!
Contents
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The Serbian Revolution | 26 |
The Greek Revolution | 38 |
The Autonomous Serbian State | 53 |
The Greek Kingdom | 68 |
Wallachia and Moldavia before 1853 | 84 |
the Reforms | 99 |
The United Principalities to 1876 1 14 | 114 |
Autonomous Bulgaria to 1896 | 158 |
Internal Political Developments to 1914 | 170 |
The Expulsion of the Ottoman Empire from Europe | 207 |
The Establishment of Albania | 222 |
Balkan Nationalities in the Habsburg Empire | 235 |
Balkan Cultural Developments | 266 |
The First World War | 284 |
The Postwar Settlements | 298 |
The Bulgarian National Movement to 1876 | 128 |
The Crisis of the Seventies | 141 |
Conclusion | 320 |
Other editions - View all
The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920 Charles Jelavich,Barbara Jelavich Limited preview - 1986 |
The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920 Charles Jelavich,Barbara Jelavich Limited preview - 2012 |
The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920 Charles Jelavich,Barbara Jelavich No preview available - 1977 |