Die Balkanländer. Bd. II
The Balkan Countries. Vol. II

Author(s): Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye
Subject(s): Human Geography, 19th Century, Period(s) of Nation Building
Published by: CEEOL Collections / Digital Reproductions
Summary/Abstract: Since the publication of the first volume of my book on the Balkans, everyone has been looking at them with growing fear. It is feared that a clash is taking place there between the Russians and Austrians, affecting all the peoples of Europe and North Asia, from Mount Etna to the North Cape and from the Atlantic Ocean to the distant shores of the Pacific and the mouths of the Amur. But how can the events in Bulgaria, which is so far away, threaten the peace that all peoples and, it seems, all princes want to keep? Well, we are standing at a turning point in history, where the die is to be cast that will decide the fortunes of the East and consequently also of the West. (From the author's introduction)

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