Battling over the Balkans: Historiographical Questions and Controversies

342 Pages·2019·4.417 MB·English

by  John R. Lampe (editor), Constantin Iordachi (editor)

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BATTLING

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BALKANS
Historiographical Questions and Controversies
Edited by
John R. Lampe and Constantin Iordachi
Central European University Press
Budapest–New York
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Title: Battling over the Balkans : historiographical questions and controversies / Edited by
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To the memory of Vangelis Kechriotis,
and his remarkable passion for, and knowledge of,
the history of the Balkans
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Table of Contents
John R. Lampe and Constantin Iordachi: “Beyond Stereotypes: Recent Trends
in the Historiography on the Balkans” 1
Chapter 1
The Ottoman Balkans and Nation-Building
Vangelis Kechriotis and Roumiana Preshlenova
Roumiana Preshlenova: “Bulgarian Debates
on the Ottoman Political Legacy” 27
Nadya Danova, The Ottoman Time in the Bulgarian National Discourse in
the 19th and 20th Centuries 35
Roumen Daskalov, “Problematizing the Revival” 43
Aleksandǔr Vezenkov, “Not So Apparent Truths: The ‘Bulgarian Revival’
as a Separate Era” 47
Iliya Todev, “The Exarchate—The Real Establishment of the Modern Bul-
garian Statehood?” 52
Iliya Todev, “Marin Drinov’s View on the Bulgarian National Revival” 52
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Vangelis Kechriotis, “Greek Historiography and the Role
of the Orthodox Church” 56
Elli Skopetea, The Twilight of the East: Images from the Fall of the Ottoman
Empire 65
Sia Anagnostopoulou, “The Young Turk Revolution: The New ‘Ottoman’ Frame-
work of Authority: 1908–1914” 70
Paraskevas Konortas, Ottoman Views of the Ecumenical Patriarchate: Be-
rats for the Prelates of the Great Church 17th–Early 20th Centuries 78
Eleni Gara, “Christians and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire in Early Mod-
ern Times: Historiographical Approaches” 85
Andreas Lyberatos, Economy, Politics and National Ideology: The Shaping
of National Parties in Philippoupolis (Plovdiv) of the 19th Century 90
Chapter 2
Struggling with State-Building in Interwar Yugoslavia
Vjeran Pavlaković and Vladan Jovanović
Vjeran Pavlaković, Recent Croatian Historiography
on the Interwar Period 97
Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević, “Economic Circumstances on Croatian Territory
between the Two World Wars” 106
Ivo Goldstein, Croatia 1918–2008 (I) 111
Aleksandar Jakir, “Several Aspects in the Formation of National Identity in
Dalmatia between the Two World Wars” 117
Vladan Jovanović, Recent Serbian Historiography
on the Interwar Period 121
Ivana Dobrivojević, Governmental Repression during King Alexander’s
Dictatorship, 1929–1935 130
Zoran Janjetović, “The Influence of the Serbian Factor on the Position of
National Minorities in Yugoslavia during the Interwar Period” 137
Sofija Božić, “Serbs in Croatia, Hegemonists, or the Oppressed? The Case of
Osijek Serbs (1918–1924)” 145
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Table of Contents ix
Chapter 3
Irregular Violence: Bandits, Guerillas, and Militias
James Frusetta and Stefan Sotiris Papaioannou
James Frusetta and Stefan Sotiris Papaioannou,
Irregular Violence: Bandits, Guerillas, and Militias in Southeastern
European Historiography 151
Paramilitaries versus Armies: Bulgaria, Greece, and Yugoslavia
Tasos Kostopoulos, War and Ethnic Cleansing: The Forgotten Side of a De-
cade-Long National Campaign, 1912–1922 164
Dmitar Tasić, War After the War: The Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes in Kosovo and Metohia and in Macedonia, 1918–1920 167
Vladan Jovanović, The Yugoslav State and Southern Serbia, 1918–1929.
Macedonia, Sanjak, Kosovo, and Metohija in the Kingdom of SCS 170
Veselin Yanchev, Army, Public Order and Internal Security: The Bulgarian
Experience 1878–1912 180
Fascism in the Interwar Balkans
Mario Jareb, The Ustasha-Homeguard Movement 183
Ivo Goldstein, Croatia 1918–2008 (II) 189
Nikolai Poppetrov, Fascism in Bulgaria: Development and Activities 193
Constantin Iordachi, Charisma, Politics and Violence: The Legion of the
“Archangel Michael” in Inter-war Romania 197
Chapter 4
European Influence and Reaction: Economics and Culture
Roumiana Preshlenova and John R. Lampe
Roumiana Preshlenova and John R. Lampe,
The Retreat from Economic History 211
Accommodating the Interwar European Economic Order and Influence
Ivan M. Becić, Financial Policy in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slo-
venes 1919–1923 217
Roumen Avramov, Bulgaria’s Twentieth Century Economy 222
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