The Balkans in World History

by Wachtel, Andrew Baruch

• ISBN13: 9780195338010
• ISBN10: 0195338014
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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, wracked by racial and ethnic hatred, always ready to burst into violent conflict.

Author Biography

Andrew Wachtel is Bertha and Max Dressler Professor of the Humanities; Dean of The Graduate School, and Director, Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies all at Northwestern University.

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface	p. vii
Introduction: The Balkans as Borderland and Melting Pot	p. 1
Beginnings: From Prehistory to the Byzantine Empire	p. 11
The Medieval Balkans	p. 29
The Balkans under Ottoman Rule	p. 51
The Long Nineteenth Century (1775-1922)	p. 72
The Twentieth Century: From the Balkans to Southeast Europe	p. 97
Chronology	p. 127
Notes	p. 131
Further Reading	p. 133
Web Sites	p. 137
Acknowledgments	p. 139
Index	p. 141
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