- Preface Placename Variants Part I: Basic Structures and Preconditions Introduction Geographical Extent of Macedonia Demographic Distribution and Demographic Changes 1. Bulgarian Figures 2. Greek Figures 3. Ottoman Figures 4. Ethnic Borders Agricultural Structures Economic Decline and Foreign Interference The Millet System 1. The Transformation of the Christian Millets. National Awakening Part II: Early Developments The Bulgarian Renaissance and Early School Policy 1. The Case of Veles 2. Conclusions The Establishment of the Exarchate 1. The Bulgarian Struggle to Extend their Influence 2. Developments in Veles After the Establishment of the Exarchate 3. The Patriarchate's Policy Part III: Wars and Unrest The Russo-Ottoman War - The Peace Treaties Local Insurrections 1. The Greeks 2. Bulgarian-Macedonian 3. Interpreting the Kresna Uprising 4. The Albanian Movement 5. Further Actions by Armed Bands Part IV: The Struggle for Influence The Orientation of the Various Groups After the Treaty of Berlin 1. Emigration 2. Bulgarian Organisations and Reforms 3.The Ecclesiastical Struggle 4. An Instance of Greek-Bulgarian Church Rivalry 5. The Exarchate Extends its Influence 6. Bulgarian School Work 7. The Bulgarians Gain Strength Towards the Turn of the Century Greek Schools 1. Some Remarks about Greek and Bulgarian Propaganda Rumanian Efforts 1. Church and Schools 2. Apostol Margarit 3. The Vlachs and the Other National Movements 4. Austrian Estimation of the Situation in 1898 Serbian Propaganda 1. Schools, Churches, and Proselytism 2. The Serbs and Skopje 3. Conclusions The Albanians Part V: The Struggle Gets Violent Bulgarian-Macedonian Liberation and Revolutionary Movements The Relationship between the Exarchate and the Inner Organisation The Supreme Macedonian Committee and the Djumaya Uprising The Vienna Reform Programme Preamble to the Ilinden Uprising 1. The Salonica Congress of 1903 2. The Gemidji The Ilinden Uprising 1. The Consequences of the Uprising for the Inner Organisation The Murzteg Reform Programme 1. The Great Powers and the Reforms Agitation for an Autonomous Macedonia 1. The Memoirs of the Inner Organization 2. Kriste P. Misirkov The Bulgarian-Macedonian Movement in Decline The Greek Response to the Bulgarian Challenge 1. A Greek Estimation of the Bulgarian Advance Developments in Western Macedonia 1. The First Cheta 2. Marko Lerinski and Kota 3. Yermanos Karavangelis Greece Becomes Seriously Involved in the Conflict 1. The Greek Bands 2. The Greek "Organization in Thessaloniki" 3. Some Remarks about the Conduct of the Greek Bands 4. The Role of the Military in the Liberation Struggle The Vlachs 1. The Greek Bands and the Vlachs The Serbian Bands Status Over the Armed Confrontations Part IV: The Young Turks and Beyond The Young Turks The Aftermath of the Young Turk Revolution 1. The Greeks' reaction to the Young Turks 2. The Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavs' Response to the Young Turks 3. Turks 4. The Serbs and the Young Turks The Counter-Revolution 1. The Consequences for Macedonia 2. The Rivalry Continues 3. The Albanians The Balkan Wars 1. The Waging of the Balkan Wars and the Local Population 2. The Consequences of the Balkan Wars for the Local Population
- Appendix I: Population and School Statistics Appendiz II: Special Terms References.
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Because of its central place in the historiography of several Balkan countries, the Macedonian Question is an ideal topic for a comparative study. The value of this work is its balanced approach, drawing on Greek as well as Slavonic sources. Special attention is paid to population statistics.
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