The Past in Question : Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation / Keith Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Macedonia--History.

Nationalism.

Macedonia--History--Uprising of 1903.

Macedonia.

Kruševo (Kruševo, North Macedonia)--History.

Kruševo (Kruševo, North Macedonia).

Macedonia--History--1878-1912.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book examines the relationship between national history, identity, and politics in twentieth-century Macedonia. It focuses on the reverberating power of events surrounding an armed uprising in August 1903, when a revolutionary organization challenged the forces of the Ottoman Empire by seizing control of the mountain town of Krusevo. A century later, Krusevo is part of the Republic of Macedonia and a site for yearly commemorations of 1903. In the course of the intervening hundred years, various communities have vied to establish an authoritative account of what happened in 1903--and to weave those events into a longer and wider narrative of social, cultural, and national evolution. Keith Brown examines how Krusevo's residents, refugees, and exiles have participated--along with scholars, journalists, artists, bureaucrats, and politicians--in a conversation about their vexed past. By tracing different approaches to understanding, commemorating, and narrating the events of 1903, he shows how in this small mountain town the "magic of nationalism" by which destiny is written into particular historical events has neither failed nor wholly succeeded. Stories of heroism, self-sacrifice, and unity still rub against tales of treachery, score settling, and disaster as people come to terms with the legacies of imperialism, socialism, and nationalism. The efforts of Krusevo's successive generations to transcend a past of intercommunal violence reveal how rival claims to knowledge and truth acquire vital significance during rapid social, economic, and political change.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Notes on Transliteration and Pronunciation

CHAPTER ONE. Introduction

CHAPTER TWO. A Double Legacy

CHAPTER THREE. "Crowded Out by a Plethora of Facts"

CHAPTER FOUR. Tipping Points

CHAPTER FIVE. Between the Revolutions

CHAPTER SIX. Buying the Memories

CHAPTER SEVEN. History Stated

CHAPTER EIGHT. Local Truths

CHAPTER NINE. On the Brink of a New, Old World

CHAPTER TEN. Conclusion

Glossary and Acronyms

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-294) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691188430

0691188432

OCLC:

1132223527