A concise history of Albania

Buch

Fischer, Bernd Jürgen

  • Titel: A concise history of Albania / Bernd J. Fischer, Purdue University, Oliver Jens Schmitt, University of Vienna
  • Reihe: Cambridge concise histories
  • Person(en): Fischer, Bernd Jürgen [Verfasser*in] ; Schmitt, Oliver Jens [Verfasser*in]
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Originalsprache: Englisch
  • Umfang: xxiv, 400 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten
  • Erschienen: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2022
  • ISBN/Preis: 978-1-107-66218-6 Broschur : EUR 29.00
  • Schlagwörter: Albanien ; Geschichte
  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Signatur: LERNEN und ARBEITEN > Geografie und Geschichte
  • Dht 0 ALBA FISC•/21 Englisch Dht 0

Inhalt: From the preface: "Visitors to Albania typically arrive at the modern Mother Teresa airport in the capital city of Tirana. A thirty-minute taxi ride brings one to Skanderbeg Square, the heart of the metropolis of some 850,000. Twenty-three miles from the coast on a lowland plain underneath mount Dajti to the east, modern Tirana is, on the surface, just another Balkan capital choked with traffic, shoddily constructed apartment buildings, cafes and restaurants - overwhelmed by the modern. Yet, in and around the city it is still possible to at least catch a glimpse of the remnants of some of the different civilizations which have over the centuries contributed to the creation of the modern Albanian state and nation"--