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Greece - Biography of a Modern Nation (Hardcover): Roderick Beaton

Greece - Biography of a Modern Nation (Hardcover)

Roderick Beaton

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 AND THE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2021 A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR We think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we grasp the modern nation. This book sets out to understand the modern Greeks on their own terms. 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 the story of the Greek nation-state but also, and perhaps more fundamentally, of the collective identity that goes with it. It is not only a history of events and high politics, it is also a history of culture, of the arts, of people and of ideas.

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Imprint: Allen Lane
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2019
Authors: Roderick Beaton
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 44mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-31284-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN: 0-241-31284-1
Barcode: 9780241312841

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