The creation of modern Athens : planning the myth /
Eleni Bastea.
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2000.
- xix, 280 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-273) and index.
Prologue: Finding Athens -- Introduction -- Athens, 1834 -- Modern Greece: Between History and Myth -- "From Barbarity to Civilization": Planning the Modern Greek State -- Planning New Athens -- After the Grand Designs -- Building the Capital -- Fin-de-Siècle Athens.
0521641209 hardback
City planning--History--Greece--Athens--19th century Nationalism and architecture--Greece--Athens