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BL
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959899
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b714269
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| Main Entry
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Todorova, Marii︠a︡ Nikolaeva
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| Title & Author
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Imagining the Balkans /\ Maria Todorova.
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| Edition Statement
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Updated ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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[CRKN ebooks]
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[MyiLibrary]
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195387864
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: 0199728380
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: 6612054018
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: 9780195387865
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: 9780199728381
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: 9786612054013
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| Notes
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Previous edition: 1997.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-266) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Balkanism and Orientalism: Are They Different Categories?; 1. The Balkans: Nomen; 2. "Balkans" as Self-designation; 3. The Discovery of the Balkans; 4. Patterns of Perception until 1900; 5. From Discovery to Invention, from Invention to Classification; 6. Between Classification and Politics: The Balkans and the Myth of Central Europe; 7. The Balkans: Realia-Qu'est-ce qu'il y a de hors-texte?; Conclusion; Afterword to the Updated Edition; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Imagining the Balkans examines how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into a powerful and widespread pejorative designation. In a new afterword, Maria Todorova discusses the reaction to her dubbing of the term Balkanism and recent events in the Balkans.
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Balkan Peninsula.
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Historiography.
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History Archaeology.
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HISTORY-- General.
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Regions Countries - Europe.
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Balkan Peninsula, Historiography.
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Balkan Peninsula, History, 19th century.
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Balkan Peninsula, History, 20th century.
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Balkan Peninsula.
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| Dewey Classification
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949.61015
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| LC Classification
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DR34.T63 2009eb
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