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Γενναίοι και ελεύθεροι : Αμερικανοί φιλέλληνες και ο "ένδοξος αγώνας των Ελλήνων" 1776-1866 = The free and the brave: American philhellenes and the "glorious struggle of the Greeks" 1776-1866 / curator Maria Georgopoulou.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens : The Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, c2021.Description: 237 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789609994552
Other title:
  • The free and the brave : American philhellenes and the "glorious struggle of the Greeks" 1776-1866 [Parallel title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 949.506
Contents:
Foreword / Geoffrey R. Pyatt -- Greek freedom from the ground up / Jenifer Neils -- Prologue / Andreas Zombanakis -- The free and the brave: introduction / Maria Georgopoulou -- Right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- The land of Liberty in Grecian cloak -- America and the revolutionary Greece: a partnership in freedom / Pericles S. Vallianos -- Edward Everett: The foremost American Hellenist -- "Greek fever". Press coverage. The news reach America -- The modern Greek Language and the "Greek Fever" in the United States/ Curtis Runnels -- Intermezzo -- Samuel Gridley Howe: The Lafayette of the Greek Revolution -- The Greek War of Independence: a landmark in western civilization / Photini Tomai -- Missionaries in Greece: Investing in education, saving the soul -- Awakening and education. The contributions of American Protestants to the education of the newly established Greek State / Vangelis Karamanolakis -- The "Orphans" of the war -- The Greek slave -- The Plight of Greece and Abolitionism -- The Greek War of Independence in the American Abolitionist mind / Peter Wirzbicki.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Geoffrey R. Pyatt -- Greek freedom from the ground up / Jenifer Neils -- Prologue / Andreas Zombanakis -- The free and the brave: introduction / Maria Georgopoulou -- Right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- The land of Liberty in Grecian cloak -- America and the revolutionary Greece: a partnership in freedom / Pericles S. Vallianos -- Edward Everett: The foremost American Hellenist -- "Greek fever". Press coverage. The news reach America -- The modern Greek Language and the "Greek Fever" in the United States/ Curtis Runnels -- Intermezzo -- Samuel Gridley Howe: The Lafayette of the Greek Revolution -- The Greek War of Independence: a landmark in western civilization / Photini Tomai -- Missionaries in Greece: Investing in education, saving the soul -- Awakening and education. The contributions of American Protestants to the education of the newly established Greek State / Vangelis Karamanolakis -- The "Orphans" of the war -- The Greek slave -- The Plight of Greece and Abolitionism -- The Greek War of Independence in the American Abolitionist mind / Peter Wirzbicki.

Text in Greek and English.

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