Macedonia and the Macedonians : a history / Andrew Rossos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossos, Andrew, 1941-

Series:

Hoover Inst Press Publication

Studies of nationalities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macedonians.

Macedonia--History.

Macedonia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 367 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the Publisher: Throughout history, every power that aspired to dominate the Balkans-from the ancient Romans to Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia in the age of imperialism and nationalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries-has sought to control Macedonia. But although Macedonia figured prominently in history, it remained a little-known land until the nineteenth century. This detailed volume surveys the history of Macedonia from 600 B.C. to the present day, with an emphasis on the past two centuries. It reveals how the so-called Macedonian question has long dominated Balkan politics, and how for well over a century and a half, it was the central issue dividing Balkan peoples, as neighboring nations struggled for possession of Macedonia and denied any distinct Macedonian identity-territorial, political, ethnic, or national. The author concludes that Balkan acceptance of a Macedonian identity, nation, and state has become a necessity for stability in the Balkans and in a united Europe.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Maps""; ""Preface""; ""1 Land and People at the Crossroads""; ""PART ONE FROM ARGEAD KINGDOM TO OTTOMAN VILAYETS (c. 600BC ad 1800)""; ""2 From Argeads to Huns (c. 600 BCc. AD 600)""; ""3 Medieval, Slavic Macedonia (c. 600c. 1400)""; ""4 Ottoman Rule (c. 1400c. 1800)""; ""PART TWO NATIONAL AWAKENING (c. 1800-1913)""; ""5 Ottoman Reform and Decline (c. 1800-1908)""; ""6 National Awakening and National Identity (1814-1913)""; ""7 The VMRO and Ilinden (1893-1903)""; ""PART THREE STRANGERS IN THEIR HOMELAND (1913-1940)""

""8 Decline and Partition (1903-1919)"" ""9 Macedonia in Three Parts (1920's and 1930's)""; ""10 Macedonian Nationalism: From Right to Left (1920's and 1930's)""; ""PART FOUR STATEHOOD AND INDEPENDENCE (DURING AND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR)""; ""11 War and Revolution (1940-1949)""; ""12 Yugoslav Macedonia: Politics and Government (1944-1991)""; ""13 Economics, Culture, Minorities (1944-1991)""; ""14 Independent Republic (1991-2004)""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817948832

081794883X