A short history mark mazower throughout history, the balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between europe and asia, christianity and islam, catholicism and orthodoxy. Volume 2 deals primarily with events in the 20th century. The fact that the recent troubles in the area only get a couple of the 5 pages shows what a complicated history it is. The balkans by assistant professor of history mark mazower, 97808129662, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A short history modern library chronicles series book 3. The major emphasis of volume 1 is on the movements for national sovereignty, the revolutionary activity associated with them, and the place of these events in the international relations of the day for the major nationalities of the balkan region. Much has been made of the balkans deeply rooted enmities. It is short, only pages, and the first reaction on opening it is that professor mazower has set himself an impossible task. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The balkans can seem rather forbidding to a westerner who sees the whole region as the epitome of violence and savagery. For someone whos quite interested in the balkans, ive started but failed to finish a distressing number of books on the topic. He expands on this thesis by taking stock of the politics and cultures of balkan countries under the ottomanturkish rule. Mark mazower, on the other hand, takes the balkans as a whole rather than skipping from country to country and losing the reader in the process. Salonica, city of ghosts christians, muslims and jews, 14301950.
The bloody geopolitical history of twentiethcentury europe is the subject of mark mazower s dark continent. The balkans by mark mazower overdrive rakuten overdrive. His expertise are greece, the balkans and, more generally, 20thcentury europe. Browse gift certificates drm free books my ebooks my account my wishlist sign in. Throughout history, the balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between europe and asia, christianity. Neal ascherson relishes misha glennys impressive study, the balkans, which lays the blame for the perpetual strife in that region. This unique and lively history of balkan geopolitics since the early. In less than 250 pages mazower covers not just the basics but the major issues as well. International perspectives 19451949, past and present supplement 6 oup, 2011. He maintains that violence is no more endemic to the balkans. Help the past to speak for itself history books the. Mark mazower is professor of history at columbia university and birkbeck college, london.
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