A Concise History of Greece - 4th Edition

Reissued in its fourth edition, this updated concise history provides an illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Ottoman Rule and the Emergence of the Greek State 1770-1831; 3. Nation Building, the 'Great Idea' and National Schism 1831-1922; 4. Catastrophe and Occupation and their Consequences 1923-49; 5. The Legacy of the Civil War 1950-74; 6. The Consolidation of Democracy and the Populist Decade 1974-90; 7. Balkan Turmoil and Political Modernisation: Greece in the 1990s; 8. Greece in the New Millennium: From Affluence to Austerity; 9. A Greek Odyssey: Two Hundred Years Since Independence.

About the author

Richard Clogg has been lecturer in Modern Greek History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and King's College, University of London; Reader in Modern Greek History at King's College; and Professor of Modern Balkan History in the University of London. From 1990 to 2005 he was a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, of which he is now an Emeritus Fellow. He has written extensively on Greek history and politics from the eighteenth century to the present. His most recent book is Greek to Me: A Memoir of Academic Life (2018).

Summary

Reissued in its fourth edition, this updated concise history provides an illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Clogg, Richard (University of Oxford) Clogg, Clogg Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108948999
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94899-9
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Greece, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799