The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920

This narrative deals primarily with the modern history of seven Balkan peoples--the Albanians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Greeks, Romanians, Serbians, and Slovenes--all of whom have a historical base of equal or greater antiquity than that of the western European states.

List of contents

Foreword

Preface

1) The Ottoman Background

2) The Serbian Revolution

3) The Greek Revolution

4) The Autonomous Serbian State

5) The Greek Kingdom

6) Wallachia and Moldavia before 1853

7) The Ottoman Empire to 1876, The Reforms

8) The United Prinicpalities to 1876

9) The Bulgarian National Movement to 1876

10) The Crisis of the Seventies

11) Autonomous Bulgaria to 1896

12) The Balkan States: Internal Political Developments to 1914

13) The Expulsion of the Ottoman Empire from Europe

14) The Establishment of Albania

15) Balkan Nationalities in the Habsburg Empire

16) Balkan Cultural Developments

17) The First World War

18) The Postwar Settlements

19) Conclusion

Bibliographic Essay

Index

About the author

Charles Jelavich and Barbara Jelavich

Summary

Offers a synthesis of the evolution of the people of southeastern Europe up to their national independence.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Jelavich, C. Jelavich, Charles Jelavich
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1986
• EAN: 9780295964133
• ISBN: 978-0-295-96413-3
• No. of pages: 374
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 238 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 531 g
• Series: History of East Central Europe; A History of East Central Europe (HECE); History of East Central Europe
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries