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Offers some 400 entries on terms, people, organizations, concepts, and events in the history of the newly independent European state, focusing on the post-1945 period and especially the past decade, with entries on education, geography, and economic development as well as politics and culture. Includes a brief survey of Slovene history, maps, a chronology, and a guide to pronunciation. For students, scholars, researchers, and those interested in the region. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Description
A valuable reference work for students, scholars, researchers, and those interested in the economy, politics, and culture of Slovenia.

About the Author
Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj has taught in the Department of Pedagogy, University of Ljubljana, and is currently a research scholar at the University of Maryland. Carole Rogel has taught Modern European History at Ohio State University.

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Slovenia is a newly independent European state, which until 1991 was a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. Since the collapse of communism and the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Slovenia has established a parliamentary democracy and is building a market economy. "The Historical Dictionary of Slovenia" is a valuable reference work for students, scholars, researchers, and those interested in its economy, politics, and culture. While introducing scholars and researchers to the rich history and culture of the Slovenes, its bibliographies and entries on education, geography, towns and cities, and economic development focus on historical aspects often glossed over in broader works on Yugoslavia. Important Slovenes and events of the last decade are highlighted and discussed extensively. Includes a brief survey of Slovene history, an extensive bibliography, and six maps.

Author Biography: Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj has taught in the Department of Pedagogy, University of Ljubljana, and is currently a research scholar at the University of Maryland. Carole Rogel has taught Modern European History at Ohio State University.

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