Greece
Biography of a Modern Nation
- Contents
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- Awards

List of Maps
Names, Dates and Titles
To the Reader
Introduction: The Nation and its Ancestors
1. East Meets West? (1718–1797)
2. A Seed is Sown (1797–1821)
3. Born in Blood (1821–1833)
4. First Steps (1833–1862)
5. Ideals and Sorrows of Youth (1862–1897)
6. Military Service (1897–1913)
7. The Self Divided (1913–1923)
8. Starting Over (1923–1940)
9. Meltdown (1940–1949)
10. Uncle Sam’s Protégé (1949–1974)
11. Coming of Age in Europe (1974–2004)
12. Midlife Crisis? (2004–)
Notes
Sources and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Index
“By treating modern Greece as a biographical subject, a living entity in its own right, Beaton encourages the reader to take a fresh look at the people and culture so celebrated for their past, even as they strive to build a future as part of the modern West.”
McGill University: Cundill Prize
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Geography: Social and Political Geography
History: European History
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