The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Their Historic Development from the Middle Ages to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia, Second Edition (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs) [Paperback]

Roy Parviz Mottahedeh (Author), Mark Pinson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0932885128 | ISBN-13: 978-0932885128 | Edition: 2

Ranging from medieval times to the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1992, this volume concentrates on the internal development of the Muslim community in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its relations with various suzerains. This updated edition features new bibliographic material, including a new section on resources covering Eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia available through the Internet.

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To be recommended to those who wish to obtain a solid, well-documented, and reliable background to the history of the Bosnian Muslims...An indispensable work of reference.
--H. T. Norris (Nations and Nationalism )

[T]he learned contributors to The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina, a compilation of historical essays arranged chronologically...[point] to historical developments that led to the recent Bosnian horrors...The authors of [the essays] are some of the leading specialists on Balkan affairs.
--Istvan Deak (New Republic )

[An] extremely valuable compilation. (Wall Street Journal )

The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina is required reading for anyone wanting to try to fathom the roots of the horrible bloodletting that has wracked the region since 1992.
--John D. Treadway (Middle East Studies Association Bulletin )

About the Author

Mark Pinson is Information Resources Coordinator, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies; 2 edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932885128
• ISBN-13: 978-0932885128
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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This review is from: The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Their Historic Development from the Middle Ages to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia, Second Edition (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs) (Paperback)

This is a collection of articles that cover the entire span of the history of the Bosnian Muslims, although the quality of the individual contributions varies greatly. The first three articles, which go from the Middle Ages to 1878, are unfortunately uninformative and even tedious for anyone who has already done some reading on general Balkan history, and probably confusing and perhaps overwhelming for those who have no previous knowledge in this field. By far the best piece is the article by this volume's editor, Mark Pinson, which covers the period of Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1878-1918) and its effects on the Muslim community. This was in fact a very crucial period for the Bosnian Muslims, because as Pinson points out, it was when they first became a politically aware as a community, and began to seek new ways to articulate their needs. The final article by Ivo Banac, which covers the twentieth century, is a good survey of Bosnian Muslim political history, but it lacks depth, which is disappointing given the importance of this period for understanding events in Bosnia today. There is also a useful, if somewhat dated, appendix for finding further resources on Bosnia, both in print and on the Web. This book is, thus, a generally useful reference source, but it could and should have been something much more.