Just like many great duos throughout history, Bulgaria and Germany have a fascinating (though uneven) relationship. In today’s episode, we’re going to take a closer look at the impact of politics on economies as we trace this history of Bulgaria and Germany following World War II, and examine the ways capitalism, and communism, impacted their economic strength today.
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General
Getis, Bjelland, and Getis. Introduction to Geography, 15 ed. McGraw-Hill Education. 2017. ISBN: 978-1-259-57000-1
Gregory, Derek, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, Michael Watts, and Sarah Whatmore, eds. 2009. The Dictionary of Human Geography. 5th ed. Willey-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-4051-3288-6
For a free and open source option for Intro to Human Geography, see: https://humangeography.pressbooks.com/
For a free and open source option for World Regional Geography, see: https://worldgeography.pressbooks.com/front-matter/introduction/
Cracking the AP Human Geography Exam: 2020 edition. The Princeton Review.
Sofia and Bulgaria General History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria/
Germany
https://vividmaps.com/germany-is-still-divided-by-east-and-west/
https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/The-East-German-system
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=a575ead674b84f15a72c6196dbbd777a
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/06/east-germany-has-narrowed-economic-gap-with-west-germany-since-fall-of-communism-but-still-lags/
https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/EN/Publikationen/jahresbericht-zum-stand-der-deutschen-einheit-2018.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3
Bulgaria Economy
https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=osu1141408829
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria/#economy
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bulgaria/overview#3
https://open.lib.umn.edu/worldgeography/chapter/2-4-eastern-europe/
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/SPROLLS/world-economic-outlook-databases#sort=%40imfdate%20descending
https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/BGR
https://www.worldstopexports.com/bulgarias-top-15-import-partners/
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/rou/partner/bgr
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17202996
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4001113.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/327199.stm
German Bulgaria relations
https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/deu/partner/bgr
https://www.trademap.org/Country_SelProductCountry_Map.aspx?nvpm=1%7c100%7c%7c%7c%7cTOTAL%7c%7c%7c2%7c1%7c1%7c1%7c1%7c1%7c2%7c1%7c1%7c3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria%E2%80%93Germany_relations
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