Migration in the Southern Balkans: From Ottoman Territory to Globalized Nation States
In: IMISCOE Research Ser.
Intro -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter-1 -- Introduction -- 1.1 Migration in Ottoman Times -- 1.2 Heterogeneity and Homogeneity in the Southern Balkans During the Last Period of Ottoman Rule -- 1.3 Creating National Identities -- 1.4 Unmixing Populations and 'Cleaning' the National Territory: Forced and 'Voluntary' Migration in the Age of NationStateFormation -- 1.5 World War II and its Aftermath -- 1.6 The Cold War Period (1947-1989) -- 1.7 The Post-Communist Political Upheavals -- 1.7.1 The Early Migration Phase -- 1.7.2 The Consolidation Phase (1997-2008): Limited Peace, Regularizations and Border Controls -- 1.7.3 Post Economic Crisis -- 1.8 Epilogue -- References -- Chapter-2 -- The Balkan Gurbet: Traditional Patterns and New Trends -- 2.1 Traditions of Labour Mobility -- 2.2 Past Tradition I: Agrarian and Pastoral Labour Mobility -- 2.3 Past Tradition II: Seasonal Labour Migration ( Gurbet) of Builders -- 2.4 Past Tradition III: Cross-Border Labour Mobility -- 2.5 Past Traditions and New Trends -- References -- Chapter-3 -- Refugees as Tools of Irredentist Policies in Interwar Bulgaria -- 3.1 Early Population Exchanges -- 3.2 Demographic Consequences of World War I and the Peace Settlements -- 3.3 Instrumentalizing the Refugees -- 3.4 Refugees Serving State Interests -- 3.5 The Last Options: Minority Rights -- 3.6 Keeping the Torch Burning -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter-4 -- Resettlement Waves, Historical Memory and Identity Construction: The Case of Thracian Refugees in Bulgaria -- 4.1 Population Movements and the Bulgarian Population in Thrace Since the Late Nineteenth Century -- 4.2 Accommodation, Adaptation, and Identity Construction of Thracian Refugees -- 4.3 The Role of Thracian Associations -- 4.4 Reasserting Thracian Identity After 1989 -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References.