Albania: From Anarchy to Balkan Identity

by Miranda Vickers and James Pettifer

Book Overview

Situated between Greece on the south, the former Yugoslavia on the north and east, and the Adriatic Sea on the west, Albania is the country the world forgot.
Throughout this century, Albania has been perceived as primitive and isolationist by its neighbors to the west. When the country ended fifty years of communist rule in 1992, few outsiders took interest. Deemed unworthy of membership in the European Union and overlooked by multinational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814787959
• ISBN13: 9780814787953
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book

I had to do a paper on Albania and the only book I could find on "Albania" was this book. It is very useful because it gives the social and political background of Albania from post WWII era to the recent democratic changes. The book is not a guide but a study of the always changing political situation in Albania