A Concise History of Greece

by Richard Clogg

• ISBN13: 9780521808729
• ISBN10: 0521808723
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Now reissued in a second, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It is designed to provide a basic introduction for general and academic readers with little or no prior knowledge of the subject, and supersedes Professor Clogg's A Short History of Modern Greece which became a classic following its initial publication in 1979. This wholly new book, first published in 1992, was conceived afresh for a broad readership.

Author Biography

Richard Clogg is a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
Preface	xv
Introduction	1	(6)
Ottoman rule and the emergence of the Greek state 1770-1831	7	(39)
Nation building, the `Great Idea' and National Schism 1831-1922	46	(52)
Catastrophe and occupation and their consequences 1923-49	98	(44)
The legacy of the civil war 1950-74	142	(24)
The consolidation of democracy and the populist decade 1974-90	166	(35)
Balkan turmoil and political modernization: Greece in the 1990s	201	(38)
Biographies	239	(20)
The royal houses of Greece	259	(1)
Presidents	260	(1)
Tables	261	(8)
Key dates	269	(7)
Guide to further reading	276	(6)
Index	282