A concise history of Greece / Richard Clogg.
By: Clogg, Richard [author.]
Series: Cambridge concise histories: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xv, 352 pages : illustrations (black and white), mapsContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781108844895; 9781108948999Subject(s): Greece -- History | Greece -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 949.5 Summary: "Now reissued in a fourth, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. As Greece emerges from a devastating economic crisis, this fourth edition offers analyses of contemporary political, economic and social developments. It includes additional illustrations, together with updated tables and suggestions for further reading. A new concluding chapter considers the trajectory of Greek history over the two hundred years since the beginning of the War of Independence in 1821. Designed to provide a basic introduction, the first edition of this hugely successful Concise History won the Runciman Award for a best book on an Hellenic topic in 1992 and has been translated into thirteen languages, including all the languages of the Balkans."-- Taken from front matter.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 949.5 CLO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 020406 |
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| 949.2 KEN A concise history of the Netherlands / | 949.201 LOO The Burgundians : a vanished empire : a history of 1111 years and one day / | 949.5 CLO A concise history of Greece / | 949.5 CLO A concise history of Greece / | 949.5 WOO Modern Greece : | 949.5072 CLA Twice a stranger : | 949.5074 VOG Becoming a subject : |
Previous edition: 2013.
"Now reissued in a fourth, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. As Greece emerges from a devastating economic crisis, this fourth edition offers analyses of contemporary political, economic and social developments. It includes additional illustrations, together with updated tables and suggestions for further reading. A new concluding chapter considers the trajectory of Greek history over the two hundred years since the beginning of the War of Independence in 1821. Designed to provide a basic introduction, the first edition of this hugely successful Concise History won the Runciman Award for a best book on an Hellenic topic in 1992 and has been translated into thirteen languages, including all the languages of the Balkans."-- Taken from front matter.