Beaton, Greece (2020)
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Abbreviation
Beaton, Greece (2020)
Form of publication
Book

Roderick Beaton, Greece. Biography of a Modern Nation (PENGUIN Books, UK 2020)

ISBN / ISSN
ISBN: 978-0-141-98652-4
First edition
Publisher of first edition
Allen Lane
Date of publication of first edition
2019
Data

“We think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we grasp the modern nation. This book sets out to understand the modern Greeks on their own terms. How did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of the ancients in the first place, and then define an identity for themselves that is at once Greek and modern? This book reveals the remarkable achievement, during the last 300 years, of building a modern nation on, sometimes literally, the ruins of a vanished civilisation. This is the story of the Greek nation-state but also, and perhaps more fundamentally, of the collective identity that goes with it. It is not only a history of events and high politics, it is also a history of culture, of the arts, of people and of ideas.”

Contents: List of Illustrations, Photographic Acknowledgments XI. List of Maps XV. Names, Dates, Titles XVII. To the Reader XIX. Introduction: The Nation and its Ancestors pp 1-14. 1 East Meets West? (1718-1797) pp. 15-42. 2 A Seed is Sown (1797-1821) pp. 43-73. 3 Born in Blood (1821-1833) pp. 74-111. 4. First Steps (1833-1862) pp. 112-141. 5 Ideals and Sorrows of Youth (1862-1897) pp. 142-169. 6 Military Service (1897-1913) pp. 170-198. 7 The Self Divided (1913-1923) pp. 199-232. 8 Starting Over (1923-1940) pp. 233-267. 9 Meltdown (1940-1949) pp. 268-305. 10 Uncle Sams Protégé (1949-1974) pp. 306-342. 11 Coming of Age in Europe (1974-2004) pp. 343-374. 12 Midlife Crisis? (2004- ) pp. 375-398. Notes pp. 399-422. Sources and Further Reading pp. 424-437. Acknowledgments pp. 439-441. Index pp. 443-462. Total pages 502 (I-XXVI, 1-462, illustrations 6+8)

Key words
Aegean Sea.
Albanians.
Ali Pasha of Tepelena.
Arvanites.
Asia Minor Catastrophe.
Asia Minor Hellenism.
Athens, modern.
Balkans.
Bavarians.
Bulgaria.
Bulgaria, Communist period.
Capodistrias, John / Kapodistrias, Ioannis, governor.
Cinema.
Communist Party of Greece / KKE.
Contemporary politics.
Crete.
Cyprus.
Dictatorship.
EAM / National Front of Liberation (Greece).
Economy.
Ecumenical Patriarchate.
England.
Entrepreneurs, financial agents.
Epirus / Epiros.
Europe.
First World War.
France.
FYROM / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
George I, King of the Hellenes.
George II, King of the Hellenes.
German Occupation.
Germany.
Greece.
Greece, 19th c.
Greece, modern.
Greek army.
Greek Civil War.
Greek civilization.
Greek education.
Greek language.
Greek music, rebetiko.
Greek state.
Greek War of Independence, 1821.
Greek-Turkish relations.
Ideology.
Institutions.
Inter-war period.
Ionian Islands / Eptanisa / Heptanesos.
Karamanles, Konstantinos, politician.
Late Ottoman – Transitional period.
Late Ottoman period.
Macedonia.
Mani.
Map.
Metaxas, Ioannis.
Middle Ottoman period.
Modern period.
Musician.
Orthodox Churches, organizations.
Ottoman Sultans.
Papandreou, Andreas, politician.
Peloponnese.
Phanariotes.
Political regime.
Politics.
Popular traditions.
Refugees.
Russia, Imperial period.
Second World War.
Thessaly.
Thessaly 1878-1881.
Travelers.
Travelers’ accounts.
Treaty of Lausanne, 1923.
Turkey, modern.
Turkish policies.
Twentieth century.
Twenty-first century.
U.S.A..
Venice.
Venizelos, Eleftherios.
Vlachs.
War.
Western Thrace.