| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> BulgariaFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Bulgaria**Library of Congress Call Number DR55                   .B724 1993**- Bulgaria  ForewordAcknowledgments
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- Geography  SocietyEconomy
- Transportation                           and Communications  Government                           and PoliticsNational                           Security 
- Introduction     - Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (Glenn E. Curtis)                            - Early                           Settlement and Empire        - Pre-Bulgarian                               Civilizations  The                               Slavs and the BulgarsThe                               First Golden Age
- The                               Second Golden Age   Ottoman                           Rule- Introduction                               of the Ottoman System  Bulgarian                               Society under the TurksEarly                               Decay and Upheaval in the Empire
- National                           Revival, Early Stages    - The                               Written Word  Commerce                               and Western InfluencesEuropean                               and Russian Policies, 1800
- The                           Bulgarian Independence Movement    - Revolution                               in the Balkans  Cultural                               Expressions of NationalismReligious                               Independence
- Early                               Insurrections  Balkan                               Politics of the Mid-Nineteenth CenturyThe                               First Independence Organizations
- The                               Final Move to Independence  San                               Stefano, Berlin, and IndependenceThe                           Decandes of National Consolidation
Forming                               the New State
- The                               Stambolov Years  The                               Rule of FerdinandThe                               Macedonian Issue
- Full                               Independence   The                           Balkan Wars and World War I- The                               First Balkan War  The                               Second Balkan WarWorld                               War I
Prewar                                   Bulgarian Politics
- Early                                   Successes  Stalemate                                   and DemoralizationCapitulation                                   and Settlement
- The                           Interwar Period    - Stamboliiski                               and Agrarian Reform  The                               Fall of StamboliiskiThe                               Tsankov and Liapchev Governments
- The                               Crises of the 1930s    - Political                                   Disorder and Diplomatic Isolation  The                                   Royal DictatorshipThe                               Interwar Economy
- Foreign                               Policy in the Late 1930s   World                           War II- The                               Passive Alliance  Wartime                               CrisisThe                               Soviet Occupation
- Communist                           Consolidation    - Initial                               Maneuvering  The                               Dimitrov ConstitutionChervenkov                               and Stalinism in Bulgaria
- Foreign                               and Economic Policies  After                               Stalin- The                                   Fall of Chervenkov  Intellectual                                   LifeDomestic                                   Policy and Its Results
- The                           Zhivkov Era    - Zhivkov                               Takes Control  Zhivkov's                               Political MethodologyThe                               Constitution of 1971
- Foreign                               Affairs in the 1960s and 1970s  Domestic                               Policy in the 1960s and 1970sThe                               Political Atmosphere in the 1970s
- Bulgaria                               in the 1980s       - Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment  (Pamela Mitova)                            - Natural                           Features        - Boundaries  TopographyDrainage
- Climate  EnvironmentPopulation
Administrative                               Subdivisions
- Settlement                               Patterns  CitiesInternal                               Migration
- Foreign                               Citizens in Bulgaria  Population                               TrendsEthnographic                           Characteristics
Government                               Minority Policy
- Bulgarians  TurksPomaks
- Macedonians  GypsiesOther                               Minorities
- Religion    - Eastern                               Orthodoxy  IslamRoman                               Catholicism
- Protestantism  JudaismSocial                           System
Traditional                               Society
- Family                               Life and Modern Society  Social                               Groups and Their WorkSocial                           Services
Health
- Housing  Education- Chapter                       3 - The Economy  (William Marsteller)                          - Resource                           Base      - Coal                               and Minerals  Agricultural                               ResourcesEnvironmental                               Problems
- Labor                           Force    - Factors                               of Availability  Labor                               and Economic ReformEconomic                           Structure and Control Mechanisms
The                               Centrally Planned Economy
- The                               Planning System   Economic                           Policy and Performance- Postwar                               Economic Policy  The                               First Five-Year PlansThe                               Era of Experimentation and Reform
Industrial                                   Decentralization
- Industrial                                   Recentralization  Larger                                   Economic UnitsThe                                   New Economic Model
- The                                   Last Round of Zhivkov Reforms    Economic                           Sectors- Fuels  Energy                               Generation- Conventional                                   Power Generation  Nuclear                                   PowerIndustry
Industrial                                   Policy
- Industrial                                   Centers  Obstacles                                   to Industrial GrowthAgriculture
Early                                   Collectivization Campaigns
- Farm                                   Consolidation in the 1960s   Reform                               in the 1980sAgricultural                               Products
The                                   Role of Private Plots
- Post-Zhivkov                                   Agricultural Reform   TransportationCommunications
- Banking                           and Finance    - Currency                               and Exchange  Banking                               SystemInvestment                               Policy
- Prices   Foreign                           Trade- Postwar                               Trade Policy  Bulgaria                               in ComeconTrade                               with the West and the Third World
- New                               Trade Conditions, 1990   Standard                           of LivingMarket                           Reform
Reform                               Mechanisms
- The                               Economic Policy Commission  Domestic                               and International Economic Policies in the 1990s- Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics  (Glenn E. Curtis)                          - The                           Prewar Political Context  The                           Early Communist Era- The                               State under Dimitrov  The                               Chervenkov EraThe                           Zhivkov Era
The                               Rise of Zhivkov
- Zhivkov                               Takes Control  The                               Constitution of 1971The                               Last Zhivkov Decade
- Issues                               of Dissent  The                               Removal of ZhivkovGovernance                           After Zhivkov
The                               Mladenov Government
- The                               1990 Stalemate   Government                           Structure - The                               Role of Unofficial Organizations  The                               National Assembly- The                                   Assembly under Zhivkov  The                                   First Freely Elected Assembly, 1990The                               State Council and the Presidency
The                                   Council of Ministers
- The                                   Judiciary   Local                               GovernmentElectoral                               Procedures
- Non-Governmental                           Political Institutions    - The                               Bulgarian Communist (Socialist) Party  The                               Union of Democratic ForcesTrade                               Unions
Unions                                   under Communist Regimes
- Independent                                   Union Organizations   Youth                               OrganizationsThe                               Movement for Rights and Freedoms
- Other                               Political Organizations    - Ecological                                   Organizations  Revived                                   Prewar PartiesThe                               Monarchist Movement
- The                           Public and Political Decision Making    - The                               Intelligentsia  Zhivkov                               and the IntelligentsiaThe                               Ferment of 1988-90
- The                               Media and Public Issues  The                               Turkish ProblemForeign                           Policy
The                               Foreign Policy Establishment
- Relations                               with Balkan Neighbors    - Yugoslavia  RomaniaGreece
- Turkey   The                               Soviet UnionWestern                               Europe and the United States
Chapter                       5 - National Security
 (Karl Wheeler Soper)                      
Development                           of the Armed Forces
Early                               Development
- Struggle                               for National Independence to World War I  The                               Interwar Years and World War IIPostwar                               Development
- National                           Defense Posture    - Threat                               Perception  Doctrine                               and StrategyDefense                           Organization 
The                               Military in the Political System
- Government                               Organization for Defense  High                               CommandArmed                               Services
Ground                                   Forces
- Air                                   and Air Defense Forces  Naval                                   ForcesBorder                                   Troops
- Construction                                   Troops  Civil                                   Defense TroopsLogistics                               and Arms Procurement
- Military                               Budget   Military                           Personnel - Recruitment                               and Service Obligations  Military                               TrainingOfficer                               Education
- Reserves                               and Mobilization  Ranks,                               Uniforms, and InsigniaForeign                           Military Relations
The                               Warsaw Pact
- Military                               Cooperation and Exchanges  Arms                               SalesLaw                           and Order
Crime
- Penal                               System  The                               Ministry of Internal Affairs- Police                                   Organizations  The                                   Penal SystemSecurity                               and Intelligence Services
- Terrorist                               and Espionage Activities       - Appendix. Tables    BibliographyGlossary

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