Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (3rd edition)

摘要

The well-tried format of the ever-expanding series of Historical Dictionaries of the nations will be familiar to most readers of Reference Reviews. The present volume, one of the largest so far, provides more than 700 entries ranging in length from 50 to 3,000 words, on personalities, organizations and movements, ethnic groups and neighboring countries, places and events important in the history of Bulgaria from its origins in the seventh century CE to the present, without an index but with numerous cross-references. These are, as usual, supplemented by a list of abbreviations and acronyms, and a chronology from pre-historic times to November 2014. The appendices comprise lists of heads of state of all periods, of cabinet members from 1989 to the present and of the numerous political parties mentioned in the text. The bibliography is particularly notable, including 1,800 books and articles in English, nearly all published since 1980, on all aspects of Bulgarian history and culture, in a classified arrangement. The four maps, on the other hand, as so often in this series, are rather unsophisticated; one of them, indeed, is barely legible. The book, like others in the series, is intended for students, researchers and general readers.