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A concise history of Bulgaria / R.J. Crampton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crampton, R. J.
- Series:
- Cambridge concise histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bulgaria--History.
- Bulgaria.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- Bulgaria is slated to become a member of the European Union in 2007, yet its history is amongst the least well-known in the rest of the continent. R. J. Crampton provides here a general introduction to this country at the crossroads of Christendom and Islam. The text and illustrations trace the rich and dramatic story from prehistory, through the days when Bulgaria was the centre of a powerful mediaeval empire and the five centuries of Ottoman rule, to the cultural renaissance of the nineteenth century and the political upheavals of the twentieth, upheavals which led Bulgaria into three wars. The new and updated edition covers the years from 1995 to 2004, a vital period in which Bulgaria endured financial meltdown, set itself seriously on the road to reform, elected its former king as prime minister, and finally secured membership of NATO and admission to the European Union.
- Contents:
- 1 The Bulgarian Lands From Prehistory to the Arrival of the Bulgarians 1
- 2 Mediaeval Bulgaria, 681-1393 9
- Bulgaria under the Khans, 681-852 9
- The reign of Boris I (852-888) and the conversion to Christianity 11
- The reign of Simeon the great (893-927) 16
- The end of the first empire, 896-1018 17
- Bulgaria under Byzantine rule, 1018-1185 21
- The second Bulgarian empire, 1185-1393 22
- 3 Ottoman Rule in the Bulgarian Lands 29
- Ottoman society and administration 29
- The Bulgarian population under Ottoman rule 33
- The Bulgarian church under Ottoman rule 38
- Protest against Ottoman power 40
- The decline of the Ottoman empire 42
- 4 The National Rfvival and the I Iberation 45
- The Awakeners 45
- Economic, social and political change in the Ottoman empire 51
- The background to the Bulgarian cultural revival 56
- The cultural revival: education, literacy and literature 58
- The struggle for a separate Bulgarian church 65
- The struggle for political independence and the liberation of 1878 75
- 5 The Consolidation of the Bulgarian State, 1878-1896 85
- The Constituent Assembly and the Turnovo constitution 85
- Constitutional conflicts, 1879-1883 89
- The national question and union with Rumelia, 1884-1885 93
- The war with Serbia and the deposition of Alexander Battenberg, 1885-1886 99
- The regency and the election of Prince Ferdinand, 1886-1887 101
- The Stambolovshtina, 1887-1894 103
- The recognition of Prince Ferdinand 110
- Ethnic and social change after the liberation 111
- 6 Ferdinand's Personal Rule, 1896-1918 117
- Stoilov's programme for modernisation 117
- The establishment of Ferdinand's personal rule 119
- Social crisis and the emergence of the agrarian movement, 1895-1908 121
- The Macedonian crisis and the declaration of independence, 1900-1908 126
- Balkan diplomacy and the Balkan wars, 1908-1913 131
- Bulgaria and the first world war 137
- 7 Bulgaria, 1918-1944 144
- The peace settlement of 1919 144
- Agrarian rule, 1919-1923 145
- The Rule of the Democratic Alliance, 1923-1931 153
- The rule of the devetnaiseti, May 1934-January 1935 158
- The personal rule of King Boris, 1934-1941 160
- Bulgaria and the second world war, 1941-1944 167
- 8 Bulgaria Under Communist Rule, 1944-1989 180
- The communist takeover, 1944-1947 180
- Destalinisation and the rise of Todor Zhivkov, 1953-1965 191
- The zhivkovshtina, 1965-1981 193
- The decline and fall of Todor Zhivkov, 1981-1989 201
- 9 Post-Communist Bulgaria 212
- Part I Incomplete transition, 1989-1997 212
- Dismantling the apparatus of totalitarianism, November 1989-December 1990 212
- Constructing the apparatus of democracy, December 1990-October 1991 216
- The UDF government, October 1991-October 1992 219
- The Berov government, December 1992-September 1994 224
- The failure of economic reform, 1989-1994 225
- The Videnov government and the catastrophe of 1996 229
- Part II Real transition, 1997-2004 236
- The Kostov government and the attainment of stability, April 1997-June 2001 236
- The government of 'the king'; the road to the EU and NATO 249
- Appendix 1 Bulgarian monarchs 270
- Appendix 2 Prime ministers of Bulgaria, 1879-2004 272.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-277) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521850851
- 0521616379
- OCLC:
- 58431612
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521850858 (hbk.)
- 9780521616379 (pbk.)
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