Imagining the Balkans - Мария Николаева Тодорова, Marii͡a Nikolaeva Todorova - Google Books

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"If the Balkans hadn't existed, they would have been invented" was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. This book traces the relationship between the reality and the invention. Based on a rich selection of…