Modern Greece : a history since 1821
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Modern Greece : a history since 1821
(A new history of modern Europe)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-248) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronological account of the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Greece, from the birth of the Greek state in 1821 to 2008 by two leading authorities.
Pioneering and wide-ranging study of modern Greece, which incorporates the most recent Greek scholarship
Sets the history of modern Greece within the context of a broad geo-political framework
Includes detailed portraits of leading Greek politicians
Provides in-depth considerations on the profound economic and social changes that have occurred as a result of Greece's EU membership
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Map Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Greek War of Independence (1821-30)
2. Statecraft and Irredentism (1831-62)
3. A New Dynasty and Lingering Problems (1862-97)
4. Distribution of Land and the Consolidation of the Segmentary Society
5. The Twentieth Century: An Overture
6. The Venizelist Decade (1910-20)
7. The Asia Minor Debacle (1922-3)
8. The Turbulent Interwar Period (1923-41)
9. Occupation and Conflict (1941-9)
10. The Post-Civil-War Period (1949-67)
11. Return to Democracy (1974-2009)
12. Opposite Poles in Politics. Karamanlis vs. Papandreou
13. Southern and Southeastern Europe: The Greek View
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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