Muslim land, Christian labor : transforming Ottoman imperial subjects into Bulgarian national citizens, 1878-1939 /

Focusing upon a region in southern Bulgaria, a region that has been the crossroads between Europe and Asia for many centuries, this book describes how former Ottoman Empire Muslims were transformed into citizens of Balkan nation-states. This is a region marked by shifting borders, competing Turkish...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mirkova, Anna M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Muslims > Bulgaria > Eastern Rumelia > History > 19th century. Muslims > Bulgaria > Eastern Rumelia > History > 20th century. Citizenship > Bulgaria > Eastern Rumelia > History. Christians > Bulgaria > Rumelia > History. Social change > Bulgaria > Rumelia > History. Eastern Rumelia > Ethnic relations > History. Nationalism > Bulgaria > History. Nationalism > Turkey > History. Bulgaria > Relations > Turkey. Turkey > Relations > Bulgaria.

Table of Contents:

The Eastern crisis, Russia's "civilizing mission" in the Balkans, and the emergence of eastern Rumelia
Repatriation, postwar reconstruction, and the limits of pluralism in eastern Rumelia
An experiment in pluralistic governance : emigration and the emergence of national politics
Anchoring unified Bulgaria on "Muslim" land
Muslim land vs. Bulgarian labor : the cost of building a modern capitalist nation
Land, nation, minority
Debating community and citizenship.