A concise history of Bulgaria
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A concise history of Bulgaria
(Cambridge concise histories)
Cambridge University Press, 1997
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliographical references: p. [248]-251
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a general introduction to the history of Bulgaria and the Bulgarians. The text and illustrations trace the rich and dramatic story from the days when Bulgaria was the centre of a powerful medieval empire, through the long centuries of Ottoman rule, to the cultural renaissance of the nineteenth century and the political upheavals of our own century. Independence, when achieved, posed its own problems. The most persistent - that of the frontiers and territorial dissatisfaction - led Bulgaria into three wars during the twentieth century. In all three Bulgaria emerged as a loser, yet war did not always bring dishonour: for example, Bulgaria managed to save its Jews from deportation to the gas chambers during the second world war. Communist domination seemed to merge Bulgaria into the Soviet orbit but, as the post-communist years have shown, Bulgaria and the Bulgarians have a sturdy sense of national pride and identity.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1. The Bulgarian lands from pre-history to the arrival of the Bulgarians
- 2. Medieval Bulgaria, 681-1393
- 3. Ottoman rule in the Bulgarian lands
- 4. The national revival and the liberation
- 5. The consolidation of the Bulgarian state, 1878-1896
- 6. Ferdinand's personal rule, 1896-1918
- 7. Bulgaria, 1918-1944
- 8. Bulgaria under communist rule, 1944-1989
- 8. Post-communist Bulgaria
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Suggestions for further reading.
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