R.J. Crampton

Since the collapse of Eastern European communism, the Balkans have been more prominent in world affairs than at any time since before the First World War. Meer

Tracing the evolution of the Bulgarian state and its people, from the beginning of the Bulgarian national revival in the middle of the nineteenth century to the entry of the country into the European Union, Richard Crampton examines key political, social, and economic developments, revealing the history of a country which evolved from a backward and troublesome Balkan state to become a modern European nation. Meer