A concise history of Albania

Preface

Part One. Between regional self-will and imperial rule : 1. The space and time of Albania history

2. The Albanians in the Middle Ages, 500-1500

3. The Albanians under Ottoman Rule : The classic period of Arnavutluk, 1500-1800

4. Ottoman Arnavutluk in crisis, 1800-1912

Part Two. State and nation construction : 5. Arnavutluk to Albania : The triumph of Albania, 1912-1924

6. Interwar Albania: The rise of authoritarianism, 1925-1939

7. The Second World War and the establishment of the Communist regime, 1939-1944

8. Albania's Stalinist dictatorship, 1944-1989

9. The struggle to establish a democracy since 1989

Political systems and the principal political leadership since independence in 1912

Suggestions for further reading

Index.