Intro -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter-1 -- Introduction -- 1.1 Migration in Ottoman Times -- 1.2 Heterogeneity and Homogeneity in the Southern Balkans During the Last Period of Ottoman Rule -- 1.3 Creating National Identities -- 1.4 Unmixing Populations and 'Cleaning' the National Territory: Forced and 'Voluntary' Migration in the Age of NationStateFormation -- 1.5 World War II and its Aftermath -- 1.6 The Cold War Period (1947-1989) -- 1.7 The Post-Communist Political Upheavals -- 1.7.1 The Early Migration Phase -- 1.7.2 The Consolidation Phase (1997-2008): Limited Peace, Regularizations and Border Controls -- 1.7.3 Post Economic Crisis -- 1.8 Epilogue -- References -- Chapter-2 -- The Balkan Gurbet: Traditional Patterns and New Trends -- 2.1 Traditions of Labour Mobility -- 2.2 Past Tradition I: Agrarian and Pastoral Labour Mobility -- 2.3 Past Tradition II: Seasonal Labour Migration ( Gurbet) of Builders -- 2.4 Past Tradition III: Cross-Border Labour Mobility -- 2.5 Past Traditions and New Trends -- References -- Chapter-3 -- Refugees as Tools of Irredentist Policies in Interwar Bulgaria -- 3.1 Early Population Exchanges -- 3.2 Demographic Consequences of World War I and the Peace Settlements -- 3.3 Instrumentalizing the Refugees -- 3.4 Refugees Serving State Interests -- 3.5 The Last Options: Minority Rights -- 3.6 Keeping the Torch Burning -- 3.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter-4 -- Resettlement Waves, Historical Memory and Identity Construction: The Case of Thracian Refugees in Bulgaria -- 4.1 Population Movements and the Bulgarian Population in Thrace Since the Late Nineteenth Century -- 4.2 Accommodation, Adaptation, and Identity Construction of Thracian Refugees -- 4.3 The Role of Thracian Associations -- 4.4 Reasserting Thracian Identity After 1989 -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References.

Chapter-5 -- The Changing Waves of Migration from the Balkans to Turkey: A Historical Account -- 5.1 The Late Ottoman Period -- 5.2 The Early Years of the Republic -- 5.3 The Cold War Years -- 5.4 Current Stage -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter-6 -- 'For us, Migration is Ordinary': Post-1989 Labour Migration from Bulgaria to Turkey -- 6.1 The Migration of the Bulgarian Turks from Bulgaria to Turkey: A Story of Falling from Grace? -- 6.2 'For us, Migration is Ordinary' -- 6.3 'No Matter What we do, Nothing Comes of it…' -- 6.4 Harmonizing 'Illegality' -- References -- Chapter-7 -- Albanian Immigrants in the Greek City: Spatial 'Invisibility' and Identity Management as a Strategy of Adaptation -- 7.1 Albanians in Thessaloniki: A Spatially 'Invisible' Migratory Group -- 7.2 Identity Negotiation and Collective 'Social Inconspicuousness' -- 7.3 The 'Cultural Legacy' -- 7.3.1 Albania and the Albanians: Negative memories of the homeland, negative perceptions of the national self -- 7.3.2 Legacies of the Past and 'Flexible Religious Practices' -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter-8 -- Albanian Seasonal Work Migration to Greece: A Case of Last Resort? -- 8.1 Albanian Migration to Greece: Background -- 8.2 Rural Life and Agriculture in Albania -- 8.3 Methods and Fieldwork Sites -- 8.4 The Bean Farm and the Peach Orchard: Working and Living in Rural Greece -- 8.4.1 Working and Living Conditions for Agricultural Workers -- 8.4.2 Migrants' Profiles -- 8.5 Back Home in the Albanian Village: Survival or Development? -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter-9 -- Transnational Mobility and the Renegotiation of Gender Identities: Albanian and Bulgarian Migrants in Greece -- 9.1 Gender and Migration: Some Recent Theoretical Insights -- 9.2 Gender Relations in Albania and Bulgaria: Historical Perspectives.

9.3 Gendered Journeys: Living Betwixt and Between -- 9.3.1 Albanian Men: Wounded Masculinities -- 9.3.2 Bulgarian Men: Mixed Masculinities -- 9.3.3 Albanian Women: Escaping 'Fanaticism' -- 9.3.4 Bulgarian Women: 'Male Women' and Broken Families -- 9.4 Addressing the Questions -- References -- Chapter-10 -- Labour Migration and other Forms of Mobility Between Bulgaria and Greece: The Evolution of a Cross-Border Migration System -- 10.1 Migration Dynamics Between Bulgaria and Greece -- 10.2 Socio-Economic Incorporation of Bulgarian Immigrants in Greece -- 10.3 New (and Older) Mobilities: Cross-Border Flows Between Bulgaria and Greece -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.

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