ALBANIA - Assambly of European Captive Nations

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
1. Location and Area.—2. Land Forms.—3. Climate.—
4. Vegetation.—5. Wild Life.—6. Water Resources.—
7. Agricultural Regions.—8. The Economy  5
II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1. Origins.—2. The Illyrians under Rome.—3. The Great Invasions.—4. The First “Regnum Albaniae”  13
III. THE HEROIC AGE
1. First Appearance of the Turks in Albania.—2. Albania under Skanderbeg’s Leadership.—3. Albanian Literature.
—4. Under Ottoman Domination.—5. Albanian Independence  17
IV. ALBANIA UNDER COMMUNIST REGIME
1. The Communist Take-Over.—2. A Series of Tests.—
3. “Socialist Achievements”.—4. The Communization of Albania.—5. The Cultural Life.—6. Religious Persecution.—7. The Economic Situation.—8. The Economic Situation of the Workers  27
V. THE BREAK BETWEEN MOSCOW AND TIRANA ... 37
VI. FOREIGN RELATIONS
1. Albania and the Western World.—2. Albania and Her Neighbors.—3. Albania and the Afro-Asian Countries.
—4. Foreign Trade  40
APPENDIX:
Albania\'s Present Party and Government Line-Up (1963) 43
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 45
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