At the gates of the East
Subtitle: British travel writers on Bosnia and Herzegovina from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries
By: edited with an introduction and notes by Omer Hadžiselimović.
Contributors: Hadžiselimović, Omer.
Series: East European monographs ;; no. 572
Publisher: East European Monographs; Distributed by Columbia University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boulder [Colo.]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: British -- Bosnia and Hercegovina.; Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Description and travel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-480) and index.
Slightly revised English version of the original Serbo-Croatian publication.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES; title: I Between Prejudice and Perception; title: PART II: TiE NINETEENTH CENTURY; title: II "Travellers Must be Content"; title: 1. The Borders; title: 2. Roads and Lodgings; title: III The State and Social Organization; title: I. The Administration and the Judiciary System; title: 2. Towns; title: IV Another World; title: I. Customs and Beliefs; title: 2. Clothing and Food; title: 3. Encounters and Observations; title: V Histoical Insights and Oversights; title: 1. Nations and Inter-National Relations; title: 2. Historical Personalities and Events; title: 3. Historical Predictions; title: VI Epigue: The East Through Western Eyes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.