Table of Contents

“Beyond Stereotypes: Recent Trends in the Historiography on the Balkans”
John R. Lampe and Constantin Iordachi

Chapter 1. The Ottoman Balkans and Nation-Building
“Bulgarian Debates on the Ottoman Political Legacy”
Roumiana Preshlenova
“Greek Historiography and the Role of the Orthodox Church”
Vangelis Kechriotis

Chapter 2. Struggling with State-Building in Interwar Yugoslavia
Recent Croatian Historiography on the Interwar Period
Vjeran Pavlaković
Recent Serbian Historiography on the Interwar Period
Vladan Jovanović

Chapter 3. Irregular Violence: Bandits, Guerillas, and Militias
Irregular Violence: Bandits, Guerillas, and Militias in Southeastern European Historiography
James Frusetta and Stefan Sotiris Papaioannou

Chapter 4. European Influence and Reaction: Economics and Culture
The Retreat from Economic History
Roumiana Preshlenova and John R. Lampe
European Cultural Influences in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Roumiana Preshlenova and John R. Lampe

Chapter 5. The Jews and Other Minorities during World War II
The Holocaust and the Treatment of Minorities in Wartime Balkans
Constantin Iordachi and James Frusetta

List of Contributors
Index

About the Author

John R. Lampe is Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Maryland
Constantin Iordachi is Associate Professor at the Department of History, Central European University

Reviews

"At last, a study to demonstrate to an Anglo-Saxon readership how academic history writing in Southeastern Europe is making substantial progress in pertinent debates rather than repeating old national mantras over and over again."--Wim van Meurs