Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe

by Fred C. Abrahams and Fred Abrahams

Book Overview

In the early 1990s, Albania, arguably Europe's most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read "decadent" Western literature began to devour the outside world. They opened caf s, companies, and newspapers. Previously banned rock music blared in the streets.

Modern Albania offers a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479838098
• ISBN13: 9781479838097
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"