The making of a modern Greek identity : education, nationalism, and the teaching of a Greek national past
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The making of a modern Greek identity : education, nationalism, and the teaching of a Greek national past
（East European monographs, no. 790）
East European Monographs , Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-262) and index
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This volume explores the ways in which the teaching of Greek history in Greek schools helped shape a Greek national identity. The period covered (1834-1913) is particularly significant as it was a time of major social, political, and cultural change in Greece. In contrast to most 19th century European narratives whose national identities were mostly developed around contemporary indigenous cultural models, Greece looked to its ancient past when constructing its own concept of a national identity. After the formation of a Greek national school system and universal education in Greece in 1834, an idealized modern Greek identity was constructed and taught that promoted an exclusive and original Greek historical past that would link the modern Greek individual to the culture and history of ancient Greece.
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