Download or read book Reinstating the Ottomans written by I. Blumi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the western Balkans in the period 1820-1912, in particular on the peoples and social groups that the later national history would claim to have been Albanians, providing a revisionist exploration of national identity prior to the establishment of the nation-state.