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Enver Hoxha's Long Shadow: Travels in Albania

John Watkins

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Description:Communist Albania was unlike any other European nation. It was a “hermit state” ruled by a dictator, Enver Hoxha, who presided over a repressive Stalinist regime. When John Watkins visited Albania in the late 1980s, he saw peasants toiling in the fields and enormous state-owned factories scarred the landscape. In 1991, the old regime was overthrown. Hoxha’s statues were pulled down and his books burned. But reminders of his Albania were everywhere: in the monotonous apartment blocks and derelict factories; in the old collective farms and irrigation channels; in the thousands of bunkers that still dotted the landscape. But how much deeper did Hoxha’s influence go? What marks had he left on the political system and on the nation’s psyche? To answer these questions, the author returned to the places he had visited in the 1980s. He started in Shkodër and travelled south through Durrës and Tirana to Sarandë. He had taken photos on those first tours. He wanted to find the exact spots where he had taken them, so he could use them as a barometer of change. But the real power of the images lay not just in their evocation of the past, but in the connections they allowed him to make in the present. Through the photos, he was able to talk to Albanians from different generations and walks of life. For those born after 1991, they were revelatory, images of a world they knew little about. For older people, they were a key that unlocked memories, both good and bad. These exchanges, together with eyewitness research over thirty years, have given the author an in-depth insight into how Albanians are coping with the transition from dictatorship to an often-chaotic free market economy. As Albania emerges as a modern democratic state, this book reveals that it is still struggling with the legacy of its traumatic past. Enver Hoxha’s Long Shadow, a colourful account of this enigmatic country’s landscapes and people, is essential reading for anyone wanting a fuller understanding of contemporary Albania.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Enver Hoxha's Long Shadow: Travels in Albania. To get started finding Enver Hoxha's Long Shadow: Travels in Albania, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 320

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Signal Books Limited

Release: 2023

ISBN: 1838463097

Description: Communist Albania was unlike any other European nation. It was a “hermit state” ruled by a dictator, Enver Hoxha, who presided over a repressive Stalinist regime. When John Watkins visited Albania in the late 1980s, he saw peasants toiling in the fields and enormous state-owned factories scarred the landscape. In 1991, the old regime was overthrown. Hoxha’s statues were pulled down and his books burned. But reminders of his Albania were everywhere: in the monotonous apartment blocks and derelict factories; in the old collective farms and irrigation channels; in the thousands of bunkers that still dotted the landscape. But how much deeper did Hoxha’s influence go? What marks had he left on the political system and on the nation’s psyche? To answer these questions, the author returned to the places he had visited in the 1980s. He started in Shkodër and travelled south through Durrës and Tirana to Sarandë. He had taken photos on those first tours. He wanted to find the exact spots where he had taken them, so he could use them as a barometer of change. But the real power of the images lay not just in their evocation of the past, but in the connections they allowed him to make in the present. Through the photos, he was able to talk to Albanians from different generations and walks of life. For those born after 1991, they were revelatory, images of a world they knew little about. For older people, they were a key that unlocked memories, both good and bad. These exchanges, together with eyewitness research over thirty years, have given the author an in-depth insight into how Albanians are coping with the transition from dictatorship to an often-chaotic free market economy. As Albania emerges as a modern democratic state, this book reveals that it is still struggling with the legacy of its traumatic past. Enver Hoxha’s Long Shadow, a colourful account of this enigmatic country’s landscapes and people, is essential reading for anyone wanting a fuller understanding of contemporary Albania.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Enver Hoxha's Long Shadow: Travels in Albania. To get started finding Enver Hoxha's Long Shadow: Travels in Albania, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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