The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920
by Charles Jelavich
A History of East Central Europe (8)
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This 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 show more 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. show lessTags
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1497 The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1921, by Charles and Barbara Jelavich (read 31 Aug 1978) Once in a while one should read a book about a subject one knows little about. This I have just done: a book on the Balkans from 1804 to 1920. It is a rather large area, and covers quite a momentous era. Quite well done, and I believe I learned quite a bit. But I'm not sure I'll read more in the area.
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