Title: Historical dictionary of Kosovo /
Authors: Elsie, Robert, 1950-2017.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Kosovo (Republic) History Encyclopedias.
Abstract: This dictionary updates the 2004 edition, which was released when Kosovo was still a Serbian province. It surveys Kosovo's complicated past as a nation of mostly ethnic Albanians who have been under the rule of the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Empires as well as a part of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and, most recently, Serbia. It aims to increase understanding of Europe's newest country while incorporating developments occurring since its February 2008 declaration of independence. Beginning with a chronology, dating from 547 C.E. Four hundred alphabetically organized and highly accessible entries follow, each running several paragraphs and offering a summary explanation of the people, places, organizations, events, and customs that have defined the country's turbulent history. Also noteworthy is the thematically divided 89-page bibliography.
Contents: Chronology. Early Kosovo (to 1450) -- Kosovo under Ottoman rule (to 1912) -- Kosovo under Serb rule (to 1999) -- Kosovo under United Nations administration (1999-2008) -- Independence (2008- ) -- Introduction. Land and people -- History -- Kosovo under Serb rule -- Kosovo under United Nations administration -- The road to independence -- Quo vadis, Kosovo -- The Dictionary -- Appendix A. Overview of major place names in and around Kosovo -- Appendix B: List of heads of government and states -- Appendix C: List of Kosovo political parties and organizations.