Table of Contents

PrefacePlacename VariantsPart I: Basic Structures and Preconditions IntroductionGeographical Extent of MacedoniaDemographic Distribution and Demographic Changes1. Bulgarian Figures2. Greek Figures3. Ottoman Figures4. Ethnic BordersAgricultural StructuresEconomic Decline and Foreign InterferenceThe Millet System1. The Transformation of the Christian Millets. National AwakeningPart II: Early Developments The Bulgarian Renaissance and Early School Policy1. The Case of Veles2. ConclusionsThe Establishment of the Exarchate1. The Bulgarian Struggle to Extend their Influence2. Developments in Veles After the Establishment of the Exarchate3. The Patriarchate's PolicyPart III: Wars and Unrest The Russo-Ottoman War - The Peace TreatiesLocal Insurrections1. The Greeks2. Bulgarian-Macedonian3. Interpreting the Kresna Uprising4. The Albanian Movement5. Further Actions by Armed BandsPart IV: The Struggle for Influence The Orientation of the Various Groups After the Treaty of Berlin1. Emigration2. Bulgarian Organisations and Reforms3.The Ecclesiastical Struggle4. An Instance of Greek-Bulgarian Church Rivalry5. The Exarchate Extends its Influence6. Bulgarian School Work7. The Bulgarians Gain Strength Towards the Turn of the CenturyGreek Schools1. Some Remarks about Greek and Bulgarian PropagandaRumanian Efforts1. Church and Schools2. Apostol Margarit3. The Vlachs and the Other National Movements4. Austrian Estimation of the Situation in 1898Serbian Propaganda1. Schools, Churches, and Proselytism2. The Serbs and Skopje3. ConclusionsThe AlbaniansPart V: The Struggle Gets Violent Bulgarian-Macedonian Liberation and Revolutionary MovementsThe Relationship between the Exarchate and the Inner OrganisationThe Supreme Macedonian Committee and the Djumaya UprisingThe Vienna Reform ProgrammePreamble to the Ilinden Uprising1. The Salonica Congress of 19032. The GemidjiThe Ilinden Uprising1. The Consequences of the Uprising for the Inner OrganisationThe Murzteg Reform Programme1. The Great Powers and the ReformsAgitation for an Autonomous Macedonia1. The Memoirs of the Inner Organization2. Kriste P. MisirkovThe Bulgarian-Macedonian Movement in DeclineThe Greek Response to the Bulgarian Challenge1. A Greek Estimation of the Bulgarian AdvanceDevelopments in Western Macedonia1. The First Cheta2. Marko Lerinski and Kota3. Yermanos KaravangelisGreece Becomes Seriously Involved in the Conflict1. The Greek Bands2. The Greek "Organization in Thessaloniki"3. Some Remarks about the Conduct of the Greek Bands4. The Role of the Military in the Liberation StruggleThe Vlachs1. The Greek Bands and the VlachsThe Serbian BandsStatus Over the Armed ConfrontationsPart IV: The Young Turks and Beyond The Young TurksThe Aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution1. The Greeks' reaction to the Young Turks2. The Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavs' Response to the Young Turks3. Turks4. The Serbs and the Young TurksThe Counter-Revolution1. The Consequences for Macedonia2. The Rivalry Continues3. The AlbaniansThe Balkan Wars1. The Waging of the Balkan Wars and the Local Population2. The Consequences of the Balkan Wars for the Local PopulationAppendix I: Population and School StatisticsAppendiz II: Special TermsReferences

About the Author

Vemund Aarbakke is a member of Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies of the University of Bergen.