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Greeks Bearing Giftsby Lynette G. Mitchell
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 44.00Examines the political role of personal relationships in classical Greece. more...
Classical Archaeology of Greeceby Michael Shanks
Routledge 1997; US$ 46.95Classical Archaeology of Greece is for anyone who shares a fascination for the material remains of Classical Greece and wishes to understand how archaeologists have interpreted them. more...
Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkeyby Faruk Birtek; Thalia Dragonas
Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey brings together papers on a transdisciplinary dialogue on nation formation in Greece and Turkey as successor states of the Ottoman Empire, and on aspects of civil society in the two more...
Greek Historyby Robin Osborne
Routledge 2004; US$ 30.95An accessible introduction for first year undergraduates to Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age (c.1200 BC) to the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BC. more...
Greece's New Geopoliticsby Ian Lesser
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work assesses Greece's evolving geopolitical role in light of its developing international relationships and a challenging regional political environment. It pays special attention to the implications for southeastern Europe and transatlantic relations. more...
Modern Greeceby Vangelis Calotychos
Berg Publishers 2004; US$ 120.95The glorious, classical legacy of Greece is universally revered. But this legacy has come at a price. How will Greece ever move beyond its ties with the past? Is there such a thing as modern Greece? This book is the first to present an alternative cultural history of Greece. Beginning with the growth of Greece as a nation-state through to the present, it shows how modern Greece has long been undervalued and neglected. From the compositional process of the first National Poet to the first femin ist text, the first sustained Marxist treatise of Greek society to the Athens subway system, this groundbreaking book brings together a fascinating mix of literary texts, maps and aspects of material culture to uncover the identity of modern Greece.... more...
Ancient Greeceby Matthew Dillon; Lynda Garland
Taylor & Francis 1999; US$ 35.95The second edition of a definitive collection of source material on Greek social and political history from 800 to 399 BC, from all over the Greek world. more...
Greeks and Pre-Greeksby Margalit Finkelberg
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 26.00This book offers an exciting new interdisciplinary approach to the study of Greek prehistory based on linguistics and Greek heroic tradition. It sheds new light on the enigma of the pre-Hellenic world and plots the cultural and historical background to the myth of the Trojan War. more...
The Ancient Greeksby Stephanie Lynn Budin
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 75.00Offering an insight into the ancient Greek world, this text introduces the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, focusing on all aspects of history, culture and society. more...
Tools of the Ancient Greeksby Kris Bordessa
Nomad Press 2006; US$ 13.95Children will learn all about different civilizations and inventionsthe way they changed history, their evolution over centuries, and their influence on modern timesthrough the activities and anecdotes provided in this interactive series. Kids discover the origin of ancient Greek theories, such as anatomy, geography, and democracy, and the ways they continue to influence modern-day thinking with the absorbing time lines, sidebars, and activities included in this guide. Profiles of more than two dozen famous historical figures explain how their inventions are used in the modern world and provide insight into the experimental nature of the Aegean people. Fifteen activities allow children to re-create some of the scientific discoveries... more...