In 1900, some 100,000 people living in Bulgaria 2 percent of the country's population could be described as Greek, whether by nationality, language, or religion. The complex identities of the population proud heirs of ancient Hellenic colonists, loyal citizens of their Bulgarian homeland, members of a wider Greek diasporic community, devout followers of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, and reluctant supporters of the Greek government in Athens became entangled in the growing national tensions between Bulgaria and Greece during the first half of the twentieth century.
In...
In 1900, some 100,000 people living in Bulgaria 2 percent of the country's population could be described as Greek, whether by nationality, language...
The book provides a textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses on the Balkans, nationalism, state-building, and identity in a comparative European perspective.
The book provides a textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses on the Balkans, nationalism, state-building, and identity in a compara...
