The Edinburgh history of the Greeks, 1768 to 1913 : the long nineteenth century / Thomas W. Gallant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallant, Thomas W.

Series:

Edinburgh history of the Greeks

The Edinburgh history of the Greeks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--History--19th century.

Greece.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

The Edinburgh History of the Greeks is a 10 volume series covering the history of Greece and the Greeks over the last 3,500 years, from antiquity to the present. Each volume combines political history with social and cultural history to tell the story of the Greek people in an exciting novel and innovative way. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The winds of change 1

2 New Greek realities 24

3 The war that changed the Greek world 51

4 Contested state formation (1832-63) 107

5 Liberal modernisation: successes and failures (1863-93) 144

6 The social history of everyday life 185

7 The economy between traditional and modern 220

8 The Greek fin-de-siècle (1893-1913) 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0748636056

9780748636051

9780748636068

0748636064

OCLC:

698911316