Albania History: The Society and its Environment, The Economy, Government and Politics

By Uzo Marvin

You will have everything you need to know about Albania, based on its entire history of Albania, Albania Culture, Albania people, Albania government, Albania tourism, Albania politics, Albania economyThe Albanians are probably an ethnic outcropping of the Illyrians, an ancient Balkan people who intermingled and made war with the Greeks, Thracians, and Macedonians before succumbing to Roman rule around the time of Christ. Eastern and Western powers, secular and religious, battled for centuries after the fall of Rome to control the lands that constitute modern-day Albania. All the Illyrian tribes except the Albanians disappeared during the Dark Ages under the waves of migrating barbarians. A forbidding mountain homeland and resilient tribal society enabled the Albanians to survive into modern times with their identity their Indo-European language intact.These words were penned by the most dominant figure in Albania's modern history, the Orwellian postwar despot, Enver Hoxha. The fact that Hoxha enshrined them in Albania's supreme law is indicative of how he--like his mentor, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin--exploited his people's collective memory to enhance the might of the communist system, which he manipulated for over four decades., in this book, you are detailed about Albania from early history to the present, Government, Politics, Economy, Society, Ethnic groups, Tourism, Agriculture, and much more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530340462
• ISBN13: 9781530340460
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"