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Imagining Men: Ideals of Masculinity in Ancient Greek Culture
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 45.00Exploring models for masculinity as they appear in major works of Greek literature, this book combines literary, historical, and psychological insights to examine how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life. The thoughts and actions of Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and other enduring characters from Greek literature reflect the imperatives... more...
Myth and Memory in the Mediterranean
Palgrave Macmillan 1997; US$ 160.00This book examines the relationship between coloniser and colonised among the Italian-held Dodecanese Islands between 1912 and 1943, and is based on an oral history project conducted between 1990 and 1995. Italian power is described as having been negotiated, resisted and modified by locals, who admired many aspects of Italian rule without according... more...
Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 149.99Following the defeat of the Greek Army in 1922 by nationalist Turkish forces, the Convention of Lausanne in 1923 specified the first compulsory exchange of populations ratified by an international organization. The arrival in Greece of over 1.2 million refugees and their settlement proved to be a watershed with far-reaching consequences for the country.... more...
Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 30.00Deftly combining archival sources with evocative life histories, Anastasia Karakasidou brings welcome clarity to the contentious debate over ethnic identities and nationalist ideologies in Greek Macedonia. Her vivid and detailed account demonstrates that contrary to official rhetoric, the current people of Greek Macedonia ultimately derive from profoundly... more...
Monemvasia
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 123.00This lavishly illustrated book stands out in its field as the only book currently available on the best-preserved Byzantine city in the Peloponnese ? Monemvasia. Haris A. Kalligas, a world authority on Monemvasia?s history and architecture, here explores the city?s foundation, its status as a powerful maritime centre of Byzantium, and its gradual... more...
The Last Ottomans
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 115.00A new study of the international and local politics surrounding the Muslim minority of Western Thrace (Greece) in the 1940s, based on previously unseen archival material. Addresses the minority's complex identity, its relations with other communities in the area, the international diplomacy of WWII and strategic considerations of the Cold War. more...





