History of the Balkans

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ISBN: 9780521274586 | 0521274583
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Copyright: 7/29/1983

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Volume I discusses the history of the major Balkan nationalities. It describes the differing conditions experienced under Ottoman and Habsburg rule, but the main emphasis is on the national movements, their successes and failures to 1900, and the place of events in the Balkans in the international relations of the day.

List of maps and illustrations

vii

Preface

Introduction

(1)

The land

(3)

The historical background

(35)

PART I. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Balkan Christians under Ottoman rule

(88)

The Ottoman system

(9)

The Balkan Christians

(14)

The wars of the eighteenth century

(10)

Balkan people under Ottoman rule

(26)

The autonomus regious: Dubrovnik, Moldavia, and Wallachia

(15)

The Ottoman Empire: political evolution in the eighteenth century

113

(14)

Balkan nationalities under Habsburg rule

127

(38)

Political and social conditions in the empire

129

(4)

Habsburg foreign relations in the eighteenth century

133

(1)

The reform period: Maria Theresa and Joseph II

134

(5)

The reforms in practice: the Balkan nationalities in the eighteenth century

139

(22)

The French Revolution and Napoleon

161

(4)

Balkan people under Ottoman and Habsburg rule: a comparison

165

(6)

PART II. THE REVOLUTIONARY YEARS, 1804--1887

The first national revolutions

171

(64)

Balkan nationalism: the background of the revolutions

171

(22)

The Serbian revolution

193

(11)

The revolution in the Danubian Principalities

204

(10)

The Greek revolution

214

(15)

Conclusion: The achievements of the first revolutions

229

(6)

The formation of the national governments

235

(65)

Serbia from Milos to Milan

238

(9)

Montenegro

247

(7)

Greece under King Othon

254

(10)

The Danubian Principalities under Russian protection

264

(10)

Ottoman reform: the Crimean War

274

(13)

The formation of the Romanian state

287

(11)

Conclusion: The Balkan national regimes

298

(2)

The national issue in the Habsburg Empire

300

(29)

The Habsburg Empire after 1815: the Hungarian problem

300

(4)

Croatia and Slavonia: the Illyrian movement

304

(4)

The Habsburg Monarchy, 1848--1867

308

(7)

Croatia, Slavonia, and the Vojvodina, 1848--1868

315

(6)

Transylvania

321

(6)

Conclusion: The Habsburg Empire in 1867

327

(2)

War and revolution, 1856--1887

329

(48)

Balkan cooperation

332

(3)

The Bulgarin national movement

335

(13)

Bosnia and Hercegovina

348

(4)

The crisis of 1875--1878

352

(9)

Albania: the League of Prizen

361

(5)

Bulgrian unification, 1878--1887

366

(7)

The Eastern Question, 1887--1897: a decade of relative quiet

373

(4)

Conclusion. The national movements: a century of accomplishment

377

(4)

Bibliography

381

(12)

Index

393

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