Pollitecon Publications Has Published The Following Books

The Contest For Macedonian Identity 1870-1912
The Contest For Macedonian Identity 1870-1912 is a well researched book detailing the ongoing campaigns to divide and conquer the Macedonian people - first by the Ottoman Empire, and then by Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria as they fought to turn Macedonians into Muslims, Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians.

A Girl From Neret
A Girl From Neret is the first book about the picturesque mountain village of Neret in Aegean Macedonia. The autobiography, by Lefa Ognenova-Michova and her daughter Kathleen Mitsou-Lazaridis, is a first hand account of a childhood in an old Macedonian village. It also tells of the Macedonian War of Independence that was part of the Greek Civil War, and how Lefa becomes a child refugee.

The Big Water
Set in Macedonia immediately after World War 2, The Big Water tells the story of a group of children orphaned by the war and their life in an orphanage. Full of characters and incidents, the book presents a child's view of life that is both humorous and bleak and, by its end, very moving.

From War to Whittlesea: Oral Histories of Macedonian Child Refugees
From War to Whittlesea is a book of recollections and reflections - dramatic, insightful, passionate and compassionate - from some of the 28,000 Macedonian child refugees who were evacuated from their homes in northern Greece between 1948 and 1949 during the Macedonian struggle for independence in the Greek Civil War.

Children Of The Bird Goddess: A Macedonian Autobiography
Children of the Bird Goddess: A Macedonian Autobiography of Kita Sapurma is an oral history that spans over 100 years and explores the lives of four generations of Macedonian women from Aegean Macedonia (northern Greece).

Black Seed
Black Seed is one of the great political and humanistic novels of contemporary literature. It is one of the few books that examines life in the Greek prison camps during the Greek Civil War, providing a rare insight into a period when the State-sponsored persecution of political dissidents and ethnic minorities, particularly Macedonians, was at its most intense.

Macedonian Agenda
Macedonian Agenda is the leading reference book about one of Australia's oldest and largest ethnic groups. The book explores a number of major themes including immigration and settlement patterns, language development, Macedonian identity, women's issues, the child refugees, and a range of political issues.

The Rising Sun In The Balkans: The Republic Of Macedonia
Macedonia's recognition was delayed by Greece regarding the use of the name Macedonia, the use of the Macedonian Sun symbol, and Macedonia's Constitutional concerns for the Macedonian minority in northern Greece. This book presents the arguments of both countries and an objective, third party analysis

What Europe Has Forgotten: The Struggle Of The Aegean Macedonians
What Europe Has Forgotten: The Struggle Of The Aegean Macedonians is a book which investigates official discrimination in Aegean Macedonia (northern Greece) and the ongoing struggle of the 28,000 Macedonian child refugees who were evacuated in 1948 during the Greek Civil War

Other Books

Denying Ethnic Identity: The Macedonians Of Greece
Although ethnic Macedonians in northern Greece make up a large minority with their own language and culture, their internationally recognized human rights and even their existence are vigorously denied by the Greek government.