Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of MontenegroCornell University Press, 2007 - Broj stranica: 521 Comparatively little is well known about Europe's newest and one of its smallest independent states: the small mountain fastness Montenegro. In a book written for specialists and general readers alike, Elizabeth Roberts traces its history from pre-Slavic times, including its part in the 1389 battle of Kosovo and its prominent role in resisting the Ottomans. She recounts Montenegro's development under its Prince-Bishops toward the independence achieved at the Congress of Berlin and lost after the Versailles Conference when the Podgorica Assembly voted to join the new Kingdom of Yugoslavia. When Slobodan Milosevic spoke of Montenegro and Serbia as "two eyes in the same head," he encapsulated a view that has deep roots in both nations. But not all Montenegrins agreed, and many chafed at being forced to play the role of Serbia's junior partner. Indeed, Montenegro's complex and shifting cultural and political identity is the main theme of Roberts's witty and dispassionate book, which culminates in Montenegro's defining referendum and subsequent international recognition in the summer of 2006.The history of Montenegro is at once a colorful, often bloodily violent story and instructive about how land, religion, and politics (both domestic and international) have intersected over centuries to shape and reshape cultural identities in Southeastern Europe. Students of national identity have much to learn from the Montenegrin case, and general readers will be enthralled by the dramatic tale that unfolds in Realm of the Black Mountain. |
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Chapters | 1 |
Old Montenegro | 12 |
Montenegro expands to the highlands Brda | 18 |
The Balkan Wars | 25 |
The end of Communism | 34 |
Zeta between Venice and the Ottomans | 72 |
Clansmen and Empires | 103 |
Montenegrin Theocracy | 132 |
the Road | 216 |
Montenegro on the International Stage | 258 |
From the First World War to Loss of Statehood | 302 |
The Interwar Years and the Second World War | 336 |
Montenegro in the Second Yugoslavia | 392 |
Montenegrin national identity | 400 |
The beginnings of Yugoslavism | 410 |
The economic impact | 419 |
Montenegro in the time of Petar I 17741830 | 164 |
Montenegro under Njegoš | 186 |
early years | 193 |
Encounters with adversariesSmail Aga Čengić | 205 |
Legacy | 214 |
The Djukanović Years | 429 |
the Instrument of Independence | 477 |
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