Balkan ghosts : a journey through history /
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| Author / Creator: | Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993. |
| Description: | xxvii, 307 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1464996 |
Table of Contents:
- Map of the Balkans
- Prologue: Saints, Terrorists, Blood, and Holy Water
- Pt. 1. Yugoslavia: Historical Overtures. 1. Croatia: "Just So They Could Go to Heaven" 2. Old Serbia and Albania: Balkan "West Bank" 3. Macedonia: "A Hand Thirsting Towards the Realm of the Stars" 4. The White City and Its Prophet
- Pt. 2. Romania: Latin Passion Play. 5. Athenee Palace, Bucharest. 6. The Danube's Bitter Kind. 7. Moldavia: "Conditioned to Hate" 8. The Land Beyond Dracula's Castle: The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina. 9. Transylvanian Voices. 10. Transylvanian Tale: The Pied Piper's Children Go Back to Hamelin. 11. Last Glimpses: Timisoara and Bucharest
- Pt. 3. Bulgaria: Tales from Communist Byzantium. 12. "The Warmth of Each Other's Bodies" 13. The Price of Friendship. 14. The Bad and the Good
- Pt. 4. Greece: Western Mistress, Eastern Bride. 15. Farewell to Salonika. 16. "Teach Me, Zorba. Teach Me to Dance!" 17. The Secret History. Epilogue: The Road to Adrianople.