Slovenia and the Slovenes

by Cathie Carmichael

One of Europe's smallest countries, with a population of less than 2 million, Slovenia has an ancient and distinct national culture. Traces of the Slovene language are found in documents of the ninth century, a system of peasant democracy is recorded in medieval times, and a Slovene Bible appeared as early as 1557. Slovene culture survived centuries of incorporation within the Habsburg Empire. Emerging as an independent state in 1991 at the breakup...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253336635
• ISBN13: 9780253336637
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"