List of Illustrations
Preface: Ascent
I. Tracing the Balkans or Mission Possible: Fallout
The Beginning of the Balkans
Race as a Category of Analysis
The End of the Balkans
Historical Legacy
II. Measuring the Balkans or Mission Possible: Dead Reckoning
Institutionalization of Balkan Studies and Dominant Trends
The Zeitgeists of Empire, Coloniality, and Their Derivatives
On Decoloniality
III. Framing Balkan Biographies or Mission Possible: Rogue Nation
Pancho Vladigerov: Art Music? World Music? National Music?
Christian Rakovsky: Cosmopolitanism and the World Revolution
The Chronocoenosis of Angelina Boneva
Postface: Rappel
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Maria Todorova is the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor Emerita of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
