The Balkans and the Near East: Introduction to a Shared History

Front Cover
LIT Verlag Münster, 2011 - History - 405 pages
The Balkans and the Near East share millennia of a joint history, which stretches from the settling of man to the 20th century. The task split between the various scholarly disciplines into the fields of Balkan studies and Near (Middle) East studies has resulted in dividing a shared history into various sub-histories. This book reunites these isolated histories, opening up completely new historical perspectives. (Series: Studies on South East Europe - Vol. 12)
 

Contents

Introduction
1
PowerAndDominance
11
TributaryAndInterventionistModesofRuling
29
Environment
51
Migrations
75
PreIndustrial ModesOfEconomy
95
TechniqueAndKnowledge
113
Late Industrialization
141
ReligionAndSociety
227
BodyAndBodyConsciousness
247
The Relevance Of Writing Systems
271
FamilyAndKinship
293
Gender Relations
309
NationAndNationalism
327
WeAndTheWest
345
OttomanHeritage
367

CityStatesCitiesAndMetropolises
163
Demographic Developments
187
Religions
203

Common terms and phrases

Bibliographic information