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A concise history of Albania / Bernd J. Fischer and Oliver Jens Schmitt.

by Fischer, Bernd J., 1952- author.

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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Albania -- History.

9781107662186 (paperback)

1107662184 (paperback)

Cambridge concise histories.

xxiv, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Preface -- Part One. Between regional self-will and imperial rule : 1. The space and time of Albania history -- 2. The Albanians in the Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- 3. The Albanians under Ottoman Rule : The classic period of Arnavutluk, 1500-1800 -- 4. Ottoman Arnavutluk in crisis, 1800-1912 -- Part Two. State and nation construction : 5. Arnavutluk to Albania : The triumph of Albania, 1912-1924 -- 6. Interwar Albania: The rise of authoritarianism, 1925-1939 -- 7. The Second World War and the establishment of the Communist regime, 1939-1944 -- 8. Albania's Stalinist dictatorship, 1944-1989 -- 9. The struggle to establish a democracy since 1989 -- Political systems and the principal political leadership since independence in 1912 -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.

"Visitors to Albania typically arrive at the modern Mother Teresa airport in the capital city of Tirana. A thirty-minute taxi ride brings one to Skanderbeg Square, the heart of the metropolis of some 850,000. Twenty-three miles from the coast on a lowland plain underneath mount Dajti to the east, modern Tirana is, on the surface, just another Balkan capital choked with traffic, shoddily constructed apartment buildings, cafes and restaurants--overwhelmed by the modern. Yet, in and around the city it is still possible to at least catch a glimpse of the remnants of some of the different civilizations which have over the centuries contributed to the creation of the modern Albanian state and nation"--Provided by publisher.

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