(Download) A Great Cauldron: A Global History of Southeastern Europe By Marie-Janine Calic
A Great Cauldron: A Global History of Southeastern Europe
A sweeping history of southeastern Europe from antiquity to the present that reveals it to be a vibrant crossroads of trade, ideas, and religions.We often think of the Balkans as a region beset by turmoil and backwardness, but from late antiquity to the present it has been a dynamic meeting place of cultures and religions. Combining deep insight with narrative flair, The Great Cauldron invites us to reconsider the history of this intriguing, diverse region as essential to the story of global Europe.Marie-Janine Calic reveals the many ways in which southeastern Europe?s position at the crossroads of East and West shaped continental and global developments. The nascent merchant capitalism of the Mediterranean world helped the Balkan knights fight the Ottomans in the fifteenth century. The deep pull of nationalism led a young Serbian bookworm to spark the conflagration of World War I. The late twentieth century saw political Islam spread like wildfire in a region where Christians and
Product details: A Great Cauldron: A Global History of Southeastern Europe
Author : Marie-Janine Calic
Pages : 736 pages
Publisher : Harvard University Press
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ISBN-10 : 0674983920
ISBN-13 : 9780674983922

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