Format:
XVI, 301 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
0691099944
Content:
Keith Brown examines how Krusevo's residents, refugees, and exiles have participated--along with scholars, journalists, artists, bureaucrats, and politicians--in a conversation about their vexed past. By tracing different approaches to understanding, commemorating, and narrating the events of 1903, he shows how in this small mountain town the "magic of nationalism" by which destiny is written into particular historical events has neither failed nor wholly succeeded. Stories of heroism, self-sacrifice, and unity still rub against tales of treachery, score settling, and disaster as people come to terms with the legacies of imperialism, socialism, and nationalism. The efforts of Krusevo's successive generations to transcend a past of intercommunal violence reveal how rival claims to knowledge and truth acquire vital significance during rapid social, economic, and political change.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Nordmazedonien
;
Nationenbildung
;
Geschichte 1903
;
Nordmazedonien
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Geschichte
;
Kruševo
;
Ilinden-Aufstand
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Publisher description
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin031/2002074873.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/prin031/2002074873.html
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