Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990

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This is a fascinating look at how the greek national identity grew in Macedonia. It is a complicated history that many Greeks seem to gloss over or deny. The Macedonia of the 1700's was much more Slavic and Muslim than it was Greek. It wasn't until nationalism(bulgarian to the north and greek to the south) and a weakening Ottoman rule that greek national identity entered the picture. Overall this book deals with the questions of national identity in an interesting way and traces the development of families in Macedonia and how Macedonia became greek. Contents......Page 8 List of Maps......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Introduction......Page 26 Part I. Constructing Visions of the Historical Past: The Politics of Reading, Writing, and Telling of History......Page 54 1 Between Oral Memory and Written History: Re-Membering the Past......Page 56 2 Exchanging Identities: The Makings of the Guvezna Market Community......Page 79 3 Converging Frontiers of Greek and Bulgarian Nationalism: Religious Propaganda, Educational Competition, and National Enlightenment in Macedonia, 1870-1903......Page 102 4 The Macedonian Struggle in Guvezna: Violence, Terror, and the Scepter of National Liberation, 1903-1908......Page 133 Part II. Class Reformation and National Homogenization: Processes of Consolidation and Change Following the Advent of Greek Rule......Page 174 5 Crossing the Moving Frontier: Group Formation and Social Closure in the Era of Refugee Settlement, 1922-1940......Page 176 6 Administering the "New Lands" of Greek Macedonia: Class Reformation and National Homogenization, 1913-1940......Page 197 7 Sponsoring Passages to Nationhood: Material and Spiritual Patronage in Assiros......Page 225 Conclusion: Reconstructin the Passages to Nationhood......Page 253 Afterword......Page 263 Appendix: Genealogies......Page 274 Tables......Page 282 Notes......Page 297 Bibliography......Page 342 Index......Page 356