Claiming Macedonia : the struggle for the heritage, territory and name of the historic Hellenic land, 1862-2004 / George C. Papavizas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papavizas, George Constantine, 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macedonian question.

Eastern question (Balkan).

Greeks.

History.

Macedonia--Ethnic relations--History.

Macedonia.

Greeks--Macedonia--History.

Macedonia--Politics and government--1912-1945.

North Macedonia--Politics and government--1945-1992.

North Macedonia.

Politics and government.

North Macedonia--Politics and government--1992-.

Physical Description:

ix, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Company, [2006]

Summary:

"For nearly 150 years, Greeks and Slavs have fought one another for the right to be called Macedonian. This book examines the dispute between Hellenism and Bulgarism, the world wars and the rise of Tito in Yugoslavia, communism's co-opt of the Macedonian title and interference in the Greek civil war, and the situation today"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The origin of the Macedonian question

The Balkan wars and World War I (1912-1918)

The rise of communism and the Macedonian question

World War II and the struggle for Macedonia

State-controlled "Macedonian" ethnogenesis

The Greek civil war and the struggle for Macedonia

The struggle for Macedonia after 1950

Appendix: a history of Fyrom (or Balkan) Slavs compared to the history of Greek Macedonians and Albanians.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.

ISBN:

0786423234

OCLC:

62421256