Greek-Albanian Entanglements Since The Nineteenth Century A History | History

This book is a comprehensive study of more than 200 years of the shared and interconnected histories of Greek-Albanian relations a field of inquiry that has not attracted the international scholarly attention it deserves. The book presents and analyses in detail topics including the contested borderland (1800–1912) the Greek Revolution (1821–1830) and Greek- Albanian entanglements during the Greek Revolution Greek nationalism (identity and narrative) the Albanians (pre-modernism belated nationalism origin) the rise of Albanian nationalism Albanian national identity and historical narrative Greek-Albanian relations from the League of Prizren (1878) until Albania’s declaration of independence (1912) Greek irredentism (the Northern Epirus Question 1912–1920) and Albania’s precarious independence Greek irredentism and Greek-Albanian relations (the Northern Epirus Question 1940–1971) the Greek minority in Albania the Cham (Muslim Albanian) issue the turbulent first part of the 1990s the pending Greek-Albanian issues and public opinion. It concludes with a road map for an eventual Albanian-Greek reconciliation. This volume will interest scholars and students of Southeastern Europe (Balkans) international relations and history political science and sociology. It will also be a valuable resource for diplomats journalists think tanks and other organizations and institutions involved in the Balkans Greek-Albanian relations. |Greek-Albanian Entanglements since the Nineteenth Century A History | History