Who Are the Macedonians Second Edition [Paperback]

In Who Are the Macedonians? Hugh Poulton... provides a fair and perceptive account of the difficult relations between [Macedonians and Albanians in the new republic].... it is one of the best guides I have read to what may be a dark and troubled future. Misha Glenny, The New York Review of Books

... anyone needing a concise introduction to modern Macedonian history should be grateful for Hugh Poultons book. Steven Sowards, H-Net Reviews

This first full historical survey of the Balkan Slavic peoples of Macedonia concludes with Macedonias emergence as an independent state in the face of Greek opposition and a discussion of the prospects for its entanglement in the ongoing Balkan war.

Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration and Names
Abbreviations
Maps
Chapters
1. Introduction
Terminology
The peoples of Macedonia
Natural and unnatural demographic change
Nationalism
2. The Soil for Nationalists
The beginnings
Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great
The Romans
The Vlachs
The Albanians
The Slavs
The Jews
The Roma (Gypsies)
Seeds of controversy
3. Group Identity in the Ottoman Empire: From Millet to Nation
Islam
The Sufi tarikats
The millet system and the Muslims
The Christian millets
The Tanzimat reform movement
The Jews
4. From Berlin to Versailles: The Apple of DiscordPropaganda, Violence and War
Local uprisings
The struggle for church control and the Bulgarian advance
VMRO
The Ilinden uprising
The Greeks organise
The Great Power reform porgrammes
The Vlachs and the Romanian efforts
The Serbs
The rise of Albanian nationalism
The Turks and the CUP
The Jews
The Balkan wars
The First World War
5. The Inter-War Years: Repressiona dn Violence
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albanians
VMRO
Vlachs
The Comintern
6. War and Civil War
From uneasy neutrality to war
Vardar and Pirin Macedonial“.