Balkan History, Societies and Cultures

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Balkan Prehistory: Exclusion, Incorporation and Identity
1.  Balkan Prehistory: Exclusion, Incorporation and Identity by Douglass W. Bailey
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  "Balkan archeology is often Balkan reality as nations strive to define themselves through their excavated past."
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After the Rain - How the West Lost the East
2.  After the Rain - How the West Lost the East by Sam Vaknin
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  "Essays and articles about the economies, history, cultures, and societies of the Balkan."
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The Balkans Since 1453
3.  The Balkans Since 1453 by L.S. Stavrianos
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  "A comprehensive and documented history of the Balkan since the Ottoman takeover in the 15th century. A must."
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Imagining the Balkans
4.  Imagining the Balkans by Maria N. Todorova
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  "The Balkan as a literary and an hallucinatory landscape. Compelling."
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Making a Nation, Breaking a Nation: Literature and Cultural Politics in Yugoslavia (Cultural Sitings)
5.  Making a Nation, Breaking a Nation: Literature and Cultural Politics in Yugoslavia (Cultural Sitings) by Andrew Baruch Wachtel
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  "Literature, culture and politics are a potent mix in the war torn Balkan."
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Orientalism (Vintage)
6.  Orientalism (Vintage) by Edward W. Said
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  "Orientalism is Said's great opus castigating Western shortsightedness and stereotypization."
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Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to Ethnic War
7.  Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to Ethnic War by Ivo Banac
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  "An analysis of the disintegration of Yugoslavia by two respected academics."
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The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War (Warfare and History)
8.  The Balkan Wars 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War (Warfare and History) by Richard C. Hall
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  "The two Balkan Wars at the beginning of the 20th century presaged the current conflict."
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The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920: v. 8 (A History of East Central Europe)
9.  The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-1920: v. 8 (A History of East Central Europe) by Charles Jelavich
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  "The rise of nationalism and the modern nation-state in the Balkan is reviewed by a leading scholar."
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Why Angels Fall: A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo
10.  Why Angels Fall: A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo by Victoria Clarke
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  "The Orthodox version of Christianity is a strong force in the Balkan. A travelogue well worth reading."
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