Greece: The Modern Sequel, from 1831 to the Present

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NYU Press, 2002 M10 30 - 407 pages

"...Meticulously researched...Thoroughly documented with copious footnotes, a shronology, and extensive bibliography, this work is recommended for academic libraries."
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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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Contents

Introduction
1
A Regime to Suit the Nation
11
Government and People
47
INSTITUTIONS
153
The Military
166
THE ECONOMY
179
A Land of Peasants
195
The Search for a Middle Class
209
The Return of the Hellenes
260
Of Greeks and Others
268
Europe in Greece
283
FOREIGN POLICY
299
The PostWar Legacy
317
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY
363
A Northern Boundary
370
War for Land
380

Migrants Refugees and the Diaspora
216
Of Heroes and Heroic Deeds
230
Crime and Impunity
239
IDEOLOGY
245
Demarcating the Past
254
Part VIII
389
Conclusion
404
Bibliography
417
Index
453
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