DENNIS P. HUPCHICK teaches History at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania, where he also directs the East European and Russian Studies Program. He is co-author of The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans and The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe, among many other books.

• Maps Introduction: Land, People, and Culture PART I: ERA OF BYZANTINE HEGEMONY, 600-1355 East Romans, Slaves, and Bulgars The First Bulgarian Empire Byzantium Declines Serbia Preeminent Further Readings: Part One PART II: ERA OF OTTOMAN DOMINATION, 1355-1804 Ottoman Conquest The 'Ottoman System' The Balkan Peoples Under the Ottomans Ottoman Destabilization Further Readings: Part Two PART III: ERA OF ROMANTIC NATIONALISM, 1804-1878 The Rise of Romantic Nationalism Revolutions and Resurrected States Ottoman 'Reform' Efforts The 'Eastern Question' Further Readings: Part Three PART IV: ERA OF NATION-STATE NATIONALISM, 1878-1944 Early Nation-States National Conflicts World War I and Versailles The Interwar Years and World War II Further Readings: Part Four PART V: ERA OF SOCIALIST DOMINATION, 1945-1991 Communist Takeover The Greek Exception Splits in Socialism Communist Decline and Collapse Further Readings: Part V

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