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Albania
Discusses how Albania's history of foreign domination and communist rule have shaped Albanian society, and made the transition to democracy difficult. Albanians from a variety of different backgrounds talk about adjusting to new freedoms, their experiences of poverty and emigration, and what it means to be an Albanian today. Suggested level: secondary.
Modern Albania
In the early 1990s, Albania, arguably Europe’s most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read “decadent” Western literature began to devour the outside world. They opened cafés, companies, and newspapers. Previously banned rock music blared in the streets. Modern Albania offers a vivid history of the Albanian Communist regime’s fall and the trials and tribulations that led the country to become the state it is today. The book provides an in-depth look at the Communists' last Politburo meetings and the first student revolts, t...
Task Force Albania
In this, the second of John Van Weenen's books on the story of the British Charity Task Force Albania, the author concentrates mainly on its Kosovo connection. His group was one of the first foreign aid agencies to enter the province alongside NATO on 16th June 1999. The carnage and destruction he encountered, despite his long experience in the humanitarian field, sickened him to his stomach.
The Search for Greater Albania
In this text, Paulin Kola offers an argument challenging the idea that Albanian-speaking peoples in the Balkans wish to form a common state.
Historical Dictionary of Albania
Albania is not well known by outsiders; it was deliberately closed to the outside world during the communist era. Now it has thankfully become free again, its borders are open and it can be visited, and it is increasingly integrating with the rest of Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, Albania has had its share of problems in the post-communist era; it's a land of destitution and despair, thanks in part to the Albanian mafia, which has turned the country into one of blood-feuds, kalashnikovs, and eternal crises. Yet, Albania is, in essence, a European nation like any other and will soon, it is to be hoped, advance and take its proper place in Europe and the world. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Albania relates the history of this little-known country through a detailed chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, appendixes, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets.
Stalinist Economic Strategy in Practice
Socialist economic planning and economic development trends from 1945 to 1977 in Albania - discusses the historical background, political ideology, workers participation, industrial management, agricultural management, impact of development aid and self reliance policy, and impact of incomes policies, domestic consumption, etc., on economic growth and industrial development. Bibliography pp. 162 to 165, map, references and statistical tables.
