The Struggle for Scutari (Turk, Slav, and Albanian)
The Struggle for Scutari (Turk, Slav, and Albanian)

Author: Edith Durham

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-09-04

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781517209506

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"The Struggle for Scutari," originally published in 1914, was the fourth book of the English traveller and writer Edith Durham (1863-1944). She had already made a name for herself with "Through the Lands of the Serb" (1904), "The Burden of the Balkans" (1905) and especially "High Albania" (1909). This book is perhaps Durham's most ambitious piece of writing. It is the fruit of her longest stay in the Balkans (mostly in Montenegro and Albania) - three and a half years from April 1910 to September 1913. "The Struggle for Scutari" deals with the border conflict, and then with the bloody war waged by the tiny Kingdom of Montenegro under King Nikola upon a crumbling Ottoman Empire, of which Albania was still a part. Caught in the middle of the conflict, between a rock and a hard place, were the Albanian highland tribes that Edith Durham knew and loved. "The Struggle for Scutari" is not only a reliable source of history for the period between 1910 and 1913, based as it is on first-hand experience, but also facilitates an understanding of events in the Balkans up to this very day.

The Tribes of Albania
The Tribes of Albania

Author: Robert Elsie

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 0857725866

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Northern Albania and Montenegro are the only regions in Europe to have retained a true tribal society up to the mid-twentieth century. This book provides the first scholarly investigation of this tribal society, a pioneer work that offers a detailed survey of all the major Albanian-speaking tribes in Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. Robert Elsie provides comprehensive material on the 69 different tribes, including data on their locations, religious affiliations, tribal structures and relations, population statistics, tribal folklore, legends and history. Also included are excerpts from the works of prominent nineteenth and early-twentieth century writers, such as Edith Durham and Johann Georg von Hahn, who travelled through the tribal regions, as well as short biographies on prominent figures linked to the tribes. As the first book of its kind, The Tribes of Albania will be of interest to scholars and students of the Balkans, of southeastern European anthropology, ethnography and history.

The Struggle for Scutari Turk, Slav, and Albanian
The Struggle for Scutari Turk, Slav, and Albanian

Author: Mary Edith Durham

Publisher:

Published: 2013-08-09

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781462277476

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Hardcover reprint of the original 1914 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Durham, Mary Edith. The Struggle For Scutari Turk, Slav, And Albanian. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Durham, Mary Edith. The Struggle For Scutari Turk, Slav, And Albanian, . London: E. Arnold, 1914. Subject: Scutari Turk, Slav, and Albanian