BALKAN FEDERATION by L.S.STAVRIANOS/OTTOMAN SERBIA MACEDONIA/SCARCE 1964

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BALKAN FEDERATION: A HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT TOWARD BALKAN UNITY IN MODERN TIMES. BY L. S. STAVRIANOS . Connecticut : Archon Books, 1964 [1942]. Scarce.A solid and attractive scarce book. Published more than 50 years ago, this edition is now long out of print and hard to find.From the Preface: "The problem of the Near East has been of outstanding importance in the development of 'Europe from Antiquity tot he present. The conflicts between Greeks, Persians, Romans, Slavs and Turks attest to the perennial nature of this problem. By the nineteenth century it had become so prominent and persistent that the phrase, "the Eastern Question" became a cliche with journalists and historians. Countless plans for the solution of this problem were continually brought forward, and amongst these there consistently cropped up the idea of a Near Eastern or of a Balkan federation. How practical were these plans for cooperation and unity was demonstrated by the long series of wars which punctuated the history of the Balkan peninsula with such tragic frequency. When in 1930 representative of the Balkan peoples gathered together in Athens under a new Balkan flag to discuss federation to the strains of the "Balkan Hymn of Peace," it seemed at long last that dreams might becomes realities. This prospect led to the appearance of a considerable number of books dealing with these Balkan Conferences of the nineteen thirties and with the formation of the Balkan Entente. But all of these studies were concerned primarily with the post-war period and paid little or no attention to earlier developments. the purpose of this work is to fill this lacuna -- to furnish a comprehensive and balanced study of the movement towards Balkan unity in modern times..."According to Wikipedia: " Leften Stavros Stavrianos (1913 - March 23, 2004) was a Greek-Canadian historian. His most influential books are considered to be A Global History: From Prehistory to the 21st Century and The Balkans since 1453. He was one of the very first historians to challenge Orientalist views of the Ottoman Empire. Stavrianos was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1913. He received a B.A. in history from the University of British Columbia, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Stavrianos joined the faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He then became a professor at Northwestern University in 1946. After retiring from Northwestern in 1973, Stavrianos joined the University of California, San Diego Department of History until 1992..."---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Octavo - sized hardcover book; x + 338 pages of text. Very Good+ condition: no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; brown spotting to page edges; signature on ffep. Original hardcover binding, with only light wear. A solid and attractive copy of this book.Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $4 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $28; Canadian airmail postage $20. read more

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