Greece : biography of a modern nation / Roderick Beaton.

By:

Beaton, Roderick [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.Description: xx, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780241312841

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

949.5

Contents:

Introduction: The Nation and its Ancestors -- East Meets West? (1718-1797) -- A Seed is Sown (1797-1821) -- Born in Blood (1821-1833 -- First Steps (1833-1862) -- Ideals and Sorrows of Youth (1862-1897) -- Military Service (1897-1913) -- The Self Divided (1913-1923) -- Starting Over (1923-1940) -- Meltdown (1940-1949) -- Uncle Sam's Protege (1949-1974) -- Coming of Age in Europe (1974-2004) -- Midlife Crisis? (2004- )

Summary: "We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name as its modern incarnation and which 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 contemporary 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 itself 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 civilization. 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." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	949.5 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010798		Gandolfo, Romolo

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name as its modern incarnation and which 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 contemporary 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 itself 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 civilization. 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." -- Publisher's description.