History of the Protection of Regional Cultural Minorities in Europe

ANTONY ALCOCK is Professor of European Studies at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. He specialises in the problems of cultural minorities and culturally divided communities. He was involved as a negotiator in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland. He is author of The History of the South Tyrol Question, co-editor of The Future of Cultural Minorities and has published many articles on Europe's minorities.

• List of Maps Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Protection of Minorities in Europe Before the First World War Into the Night: Minorities Between the Wars The Second World War: and After 1939-1947 Heads (Mostly) in the Sand 1948-1972 Renaissance in the West 1972-1999 Eastern Europe No Lessons Learned Conclusions Appendixes Bibliography Index