A concise history of Albania
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A concise history of Albania
(Cambridge concise histories)
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 382-389) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A Concise History of Albania charts the history of Albania and its people, within their Balkan and European contexts. It shows the country's journey from its ancient past, still shrouded in mystery and controversy, through its difficult transition from a particularly brutal form of communism to an evolving form of democracy and a market economy. Bernd Fischer and Oliver Schmitt challenge some of the traditional narratives concerning the origins of the Albanians, and the relations between Albanians and their Balkan neighbours. This authoritative and up-to-date single-volume history analyses the political, social, economic, and cultural developments which led to the creation of the Albanian state and the modern nation, as well as Albania's more recent experience with authoritarianism, war, and communism. It greatly contributes to our understanding of the challenges facing contemporary Albanians, as well as the issues confronting the region as a whole as it attempts to grapple with one of the last remaining significant ethnic issues in the Balkans.
Table of Contents
- Part I. Between Regional Self-Will and Imperial Rule: 1. The Space and Time of Albanian History
- 2. The Albanians in the Middle Ages, 500-1500
- 3. The Albanians under Ottoman Rule: The Classic Period of Arnavutluk, 1500-1800
- 4. Ottoman Arnavutluk in Crisis, 1800-1912
- Part II. State and Nation Construction: 5. Arnavutluk to Albania: The Triumph of Albanianism, 1912-1924
- 6. Interwar Albania, The Rise of Authoritarianism, 1925-1939
- 7. The Second World War and the Establishment of the Communist Regime, 1939-1944
- 8. Albania's Stalinist Dictatorship, 1944-1989
- 9. The Struggle to Establish a Democracy since 1989
- Political Leaders and Political Systems since 1912
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
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