Greece: A Modern Sequel

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NYU Press, 2002 M10 30 - 407 pages
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"...Meticulously researched...Thoroughly documented with copious footnotes, a shronology, and extensive bibliography, this work is recommended for academic libraries."
—Library Journal
Focusing on questions that seek to illuminate vital aspects of the Greek phenomenon, this modern history of Greece is organized around themes such as politics, institutions, society, ideology, foreign policy, geography, and culture. Making clear their predilection for the principles that inspired the founding fathers of the Greek state, Koliopoulos and Veremis juxtapose these principles to contemporary practices, and outline the resulting tensions in Greek society as it enters the new millenium.
Challenging established notions and stereotypes that have disfigured Greek history, Greece: A Modern Sequel is meant to encourage a fresh look at the country and its people. In the process, a portrait of a new Greece emerges: modern, diverse, and strong.

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They were representative only in the sense that they stood for well - defined and
entrenched local interests , ensuring a balance of power that was not democratic
. The emerging centralised state broke them to the extent that those whose ...
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The representation of local notables rested on peasants tied to them by economic
interests , while that of captains rested on mercenary armed irregulars . In this
sense indigenous élites used representation in ways they already knew , and ...
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34 This was not difficult ; Britain was engaged in a rapprochement ( which lasted
till 1935 ) with Italy , which it did not consider a threat to its interests in the Suez
Canal and the Mediterranean . France , committed to the ' Little Entente ' , was ...

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Contents

INSTITUTIONS
141
The military
152
THE ECONOMY
165
Copyright

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About the author (2002)

John S. Koliopoulos is Professor of Modern Greek History at the University of Thessaloniki and the author of many books, including Brigands with a Cause an Plundered Loyalties.

Thanos Veremis is Professor of Political History at Athens University and President of the board of ELIAMEP (the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy). He is the author of The Military in Greek Politics.

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TitleGreece: A Modern Sequel
AuthorsGiannēs Koliopoulos, Iōannēs S. Koliopulos, John S. Koliopoulos, Thanos M. Veremis
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherNYU Press, 2002
ISBN0814747663, 9780814747667
Length407 pages
  
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