Description
This accessible and engaging book covers the full span of Serbia's history, from the sixth-century Slav migrations up to the present day. It traces key developments surrounding the medieval and modern polities associated with Serbs, revealing a fascinating history of entanglements and communication between southeastern and wider Europe, sometimes with global implications. This is a history of Serb states, institutions, and societies, which also gives voice to individual experiences in an attempt to understand how the events described impacted the people who lived through them. Although no real continuity between the pre-modern and modern periods exists, Dejan Djokic draws out several common themes, including: migrations; the Serbs' relations with neighbouring empires and peoples; Serbia as a society formed in the imperial borderlands; and the polycentricity of Serbia. The volume also highlights the surprising vitality of Serb identity, and how it has survived in different incarnations over the centuries through reinvention.
An accessible and engaging single-volume history of Serbia from the Early Middle Ages to the present day.
About the Author
Dejan Djokic is Professor of History at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of three monographs, (co-)editor of four books and recipient of prestigious grants and fellowships from the AHRC, The British Academy, The Leverhulme Trust, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Columbia University, New York and Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC. He is the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of the Balkans at Goldsmiths.
Reviews
'Dejan Djokic takes the reader on a fascinating journey into Serbias turbulent past from prehistory to the present day, tracing key political, social, and institutional developments. Written with the benefit of hindsight after the collapse of Yugoslavia, the book offers a well-balanced analysis of historical continuities and discontinuities. This thought-provoking synthesis is highly recommended to all interested in the Balkan region.' Marie-Janine Calic, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
'History writing of the highest standard: richly informed, superbly lucid, clear-eyed in judgments yet not judgmental: Djokic has the rare gift of connecting distant history to urgent questions of the present, while never losing sight of the humans who made and lived this history. If he can be devastatingly critical, Djokic also envisions and celebrates a better Serbia, one true to national traditions and sentiments; he not only tells a full and absorbing story of the Serb past, but also explains what the past, often cruel but sometimes edifying, has meant to Serbs, and the peoples with whom they share this diverse region.' John Connelly, University of California, Berkeley
Book Information
ISBN 9781107630215
Author Dejan Djokic
Format Paperback
Page Count 542
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 710g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 136mm * 32mm
An accessible and engaging single-volume history of Serbia from the Early Middle Ages to the present day.
About the Author
Dejan Djokic is Professor of History at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of three monographs, (co-)editor of four books and recipient of prestigious grants and fellowships from the AHRC, The British Academy, The Leverhulme Trust, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Columbia University, New York and Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC. He is the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of the Balkans at Goldsmiths.
Reviews
'Dejan Djokic takes the reader on a fascinating journey into Serbias turbulent past from prehistory to the present day, tracing key political, social, and institutional developments. Written with the benefit of hindsight after the collapse of Yugoslavia, the book offers a well-balanced analysis of historical continuities and discontinuities. This thought-provoking synthesis is highly recommended to all interested in the Balkan region.' Marie-Janine Calic, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
'History writing of the highest standard: richly informed, superbly lucid, clear-eyed in judgments yet not judgmental: Djokic has the rare gift of connecting distant history to urgent questions of the present, while never losing sight of the humans who made and lived this history. If he can be devastatingly critical, Djokic also envisions and celebrates a better Serbia, one true to national traditions and sentiments; he not only tells a full and absorbing story of the Serb past, but also explains what the past, often cruel but sometimes edifying, has meant to Serbs, and the peoples with whom they share this diverse region.' John Connelly, University of California, Berkeley
Book Information
ISBN 9781107630215
Author Dejan Djokic
Format Paperback
Page Count 542
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 710g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 136mm * 32mm
