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Donald Rayfield – The Literature of Georgia: A History Donald Rayfield – The Literature of Georgia: A History
The first comprehensive and objective history of the literature of Georgia, revealed to be unique among those of the former Byzantine and Russian empires, both in its quality and its…

James Forsyth – The Caucasus: A HistoryJames Forsyth – The Caucasus: A History
For the first time, this major new survey of the Caucasus traces a unified narrative history of this complex and turbulent region at the borderlands of Europe, Asia and the…

Adrian Brisku – Bittersweet Europe: Albanian and Georgian Discourses on Europe, 1878-2008Adrian Brisku – Bittersweet Europe: Albanian and Georgian Discourses on Europe, 1878-2008
From the late nineteenth century to the post-communist period, Albanian and Georgian political and intellectual elites have attributed hopes to “Europe,” yet have also exhibited ambivalent attitudes that do not…

Thomas Goltz – Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet CaucasusThomas Goltz – Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus
The author of the acclaimed “Azerbaijan Diary and Chechnya Diary” now recounts his experiences in the strife-ridden Republic of Georgia. Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic…

Charles King – The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus
[:en] The Caucasus mountains rise at the intersection of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East. A land of astonishing natural beauty and a dizzying array of ancient cultures, the Caucasus…