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Balkan Village /

In the Balkans today Communism, with its dynamic drive for power and sense of mission, is charging against the Balkan peasant mass, a patient, religious, tradition-bound people tilling their beloved soil. Dragalevtsy, the Balkan village described by Mr. Sanders, brings this struggle into focus. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sanders, Irwin T. (Irwin Taylor), 1909-2005 (Author, Photographer)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the Balkans today Communism, with its dynamic drive for power and sense of mission, is charging against the Balkan peasant mass, a patient, religious, tradition-bound people tilling their beloved soil. Dragalevtsy, the Balkan village described by Mr. Sanders, brings this struggle into focus. The book details the way of life of a tranquil rural folk clinging to a Bulgarian mountainside, in the shadow of a twelfth- century monastery--their history, economic system, marriage customs, family life, and reluctant yielding to the ways of the western world. On September 6, 1944, Dragalevtsy peasants awoke to find posters in the streets proclaiming the advent of Communism. The concluding chapters of the book give a vital, personalized insight into the economic and social forces now at work in the Balkans.
Item Description:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 pages): illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813164236
Access:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.