Greece : biography of a modern nation / Roderick Beaton.
Greece : biography of a modern nation / Roderick Beaton.
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Publisher
[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.
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G 2019/4153
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. East meets west? -- 2. A seed is sown -- 3. Born in blood -- 4. First steps -- 5. Ideals and sorrows of youth -- 6. Military service -- 7. The self divided -- 8. Starting over -- 9. Meltdown -- 10. Uncle Sam's protégé -- 11. Coming of age in Europe -- 12. Midlife crisis?
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Publisher
[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
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 themselves 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 civilisation. This is th...
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Greece : biography of a modern nation / Roderick Beaton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Ebook version : 9780241312858
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G 2019/4153
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74VKVlpgvE7O
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ISBN
0241312841 (hardcover)
9780241312841 (hardcover)
DDC
949.5
MMS ID
991024259218902626
