Conflicting loyalties in the Balkans
Subtitle: the great powers, the Ottoman Empire and nation-building
By: edited by Hannes Grandits, Nathalie Clayer and Robert Pichler
Series: Library of Ottoman studies -- 28; Library of Ottoman studies -- v. 28.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan; Tauris Academic Studies
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781848854772
Subjects: Politics and government; Ethnic relations; Social conditions; Nationalism; Nation-building; Social change; History
Description: The collapse of the Ottoman Empire resulted in the birth of new nation states in the Balkans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Conflicting Loyalties in the Balkans explores the effects of the Ottoman reform era upon Balkan societies in order to shed much-needed light on the history of this region during the early nation-state period. Focusing on developments which go beyond the over-researched dimension of political or elite discourse, this book offers insights into the complex ways in which Balkan societies were transformed from different regional viewpoints -- focusing on the interplay between Great Power politics, state reforms and social dynamics on the ground. A thorough investigation of the conflicting loyalties which has shaped the political framework of the post-Ottoman Balkans, this is an important and fascinating insight into the logic and contradictions of daily life in a crucial period of Balkan and Ottoman history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-338) and index.