1st Edition
Debating the Past Modern Bulgarian Historiography—From Stambolov to Zhivkov
By Roumen Daskalov
Copyright 2011
376 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The book is comprised of the four major debates on modern Bulgarian history from Independence in 1878 to the fall of communism in 1989. The debates are on the Bulgarian–Russian/Soviet relations, on the relations between Agrarians and Communists, on Bulgarian Fascism, and on Communism. They are associated with the rule of key political personalities in Bulgarian history: Stambolov (1887–1894),... Read more
INTRODUCTORY WORDS, CHAPTER 1: STAMBOLOV, THE RUSSOPHILES AND THE RUSSOPHOBES IN BULGARIA, CHAPTER 2: THE RULE OF THE BULGARIAN AGRARIAN NATIONAL UNION AND THE “WORKER-PEASANT ALLIANCE”, CHAPTER 3: THE DEBATE ON FASCISM AND THE ANTIFASCIST STRUGGLES, CHAPTER 4: SEPTEMBER NINTH, “POPULAR DEMOCRACY” AND SOCIALISM, CONCLUSION: The Truth and Objectivity Question in Bulgarian Historical Scholarship, Transliteration
Biography
Roumen Daskalov is Professor at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia and Recurrent Visiting Professor at Central European University, Budapest.
