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The Birth of Albania: Ethnic Nationalism, the Great Powers of World War I and the Emergence of Albanian Independence Hardcover – July 17, 2012
The ""Albanian question"" remains one of the major unresolved questions in south-eastern Europe, with the potential to disrupt the region, with grave consequences for the international community. The exodus of refugees from Kosovo into Albania in the late 1990s - and Kosovo's subsequent declaration of independence in February 2008 - rejuvenated interest in Albania and Kosovo and their place in the Balkans and Yet despite growing interest in the region's recent history, until now Albania's period of independence around World War I has been largely neglected.
The Birth of Albania explores how an independent Albania first came into existence in the early twentieth century, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Nicola Guy explains how and why Albanian independence was finally achieved, in the context of the prevailing contemporary ideas of ethnicity and national identity, elaborated most famously by President Woodrow Wilson as ""national self-determination."" The Birth of Albania is the definitive account of this period and an essential contribution to our understanding of an important but often overlooked, part of the world.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherI.B. Tauris
- Publication dateJuly 17, 2012
- Dimensions5.7 x 1.33 x 9.92 inches
- ISBN-101848853688
- ISBN-13978-1848853683
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Nicola Guy gained her PhD in History from Durham University. She has published a number of articles in academic and presented papers at international conferences in the UK, USA and Greece. She has also worked as a lecturer on courses in modern European history at Durham University and the University of York and studied Albanian at Indiana University.
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- Publisher : I.B. Tauris; 1st edition (July 17, 2012)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1848853688
- ISBN-13 : 978-1848853683
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.7 x 1.33 x 9.92 inches
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The author says, basically, that the Albanians had been under the foreign rule, and they did not deserve independence. At one point most of Europe was under Roman rule, including Britain, France, and Germany. Don't these nations deserve to be free? Similarly, many countries were ruled by Germany during WWII, is it wrong that these countries are free now? Albanians are the oldest inhabitants in Europe and have been dwelling in the entire Balkan region since prehistoric times. Nations that we know today as Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and even Greece (whose inhabitants came from an area near Iran) were created in Ilirian (now called Albanians) territories.
Religions changed over time, but Albanians remain the same race. Albanians, everywhere in the Balkans, deserve to be united in one nation. It is a shame for a historian to attempt to mislead the reader like this author. I can provide undeniable evidence for everything I stated.