Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990

Anastasia N. Karakasidou examines the long debate over ethnic identities and nationalist ideologies in Greek Macedonia. She combines archival sources with life histories, building a vivid and detailed account of the people of the region.

Her central finding runs against official rhetoric: the current population of Greek Macedonia, the book argues, derives from profoundly diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The study follows these questions across the whole period from 1870 to 1990.

The book suits readers of modern history, nationalism and political science. It is published by University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13 9780226424941.