{"product_id":"the-balkans-by-mark-mazower-9781842125441","title":"The Balkans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the twentieth century, people spoke as if the Balkans had plagued Europe forever. However, two hundred years earlier, the Balkans did not exist. It was not the Balkans but the 'Rumeli' that the Ottomans ruled, the formerly Roman lands they had conquered from Byzantium, together with their Christian inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this original account of the region, Mark Mazower dispels current Western clichés and replaces stereotypes with a vivid account of how mountains, empires, and religions have shaped its inhabitants' lives. As a bridge between Europe and Asia, it has been exposed to a constant incursion of nomadic peoples across the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMazower's narrative in \u003cem\u003eThe Balkans\u003c\/em\u003e ranges broadly both in time and in space, treating the former Turkish domains in Europe as part of a common, if complex, historical inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849992982764,"sku":"9781842125441","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24153443482843.jpg?v=1759073258","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-balkans-by-mark-mazower-9781842125441","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}