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The Great Cauldron : a history of southeastern Europe / Marie-Janine Calic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calic, Marie-Janine, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Balkan Peninsula--History.
- Balkan Peninsula.
- Physical Description:
- 724 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English and German.
- Summary:
- We often think of the Balkans as a region beset by turmoil and backwardness, but from late antiquity to the present it has been a dynamic meeting place of cultures and religions. Marie-Janine Calic invites us to reconsider the history of this intriguing, diverse region as essential to the story of global Europe.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1. Southeastern Europe before 1500
- 2. Rise of the Ottoman Empire
- 3. Challenges of the Ancien Régime
- 4. The Age of Global Revolutions
- 5. Toward the Nation-State
- 6. Imperialism and Crisis
- 7. From the Balkan Wars to the Second World War
- 8. Globalization and Fragmentation
- Conclusion. Southeastern Europe and the World
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Jun 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780674239104
- 0674239105
- 9780674239098
- 0674239091
- OCLC:
- 1099525131
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