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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...
Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greeceby Panos Arion Hatziprokopiou
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 59.95Explores the complex set of processes that determine the incorporation patterns of migrants from Balkan countries in Greece. more...
The Nation and its Ruinsby Yannis Hamilakis
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 45.00An innovative, extensively illustrated study examining how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination, and how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. - ;This innovative, extensively illustrated study examines how classical antiquities and archaeology contributed significantly to the production of the modern Greek nation and its national imagination. It also shows how, in return, national imagination has created and shaped classical antiquities and archaeological practice from the nineteenth century to the present. Yannis Hamilakis covers a diverse range... more...
Antike und Abendland (2008)by Werner von Koppenfels; Helmut Krasser; Wilhelm Kühlmann
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 221.00The ANTIKE UND ABENDLAND yearbook was founded immediately after the Second World War by Bruno Snell as a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of topics from Antiquity and the history of their later effects. The Editorial Board contains representatives from the disciplines of Classical Studies, Ancient History, Germanic Studies, Romance Studies and English Studies. Articles are published on classical literature and its reception, the history of science, Greek myths, classical mythology and its European heritage; in addition, there are contributions on Ancient history, art, philosophy, science, religion and their significance for the history of European culture and thought. Papers are accepted for publication in German, English, French and... more...
Founding Gods, Inventing Nationsby William F. McCants
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 35.00From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, Founding Gods, Inventing Nations traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast range of primary sources, some of which are translated here for the first time, and focusing on the dynamic influence of the Greek, Roman, and Arab conquests of the Near East, William McCants looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. The Greek and Roman conquests brought with them a learned culture that competed with that of native elites. The conquering Arabs, in contrast, had no learned culture, which led to three... more...
In the Dolphin's Wakeby Harry Bucknall
Bene Factum Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99An amusing and erudite account of Harry Bucknall's 183-day journey through the Greek islands from Venice, in the West, to Istanbul, in the East In the summer of 2006, Harry Bucknall traveled from Venice to Istanbul—a journey across the Aegean of more than 5,500 miles that included the glories of Mount Athos, 36 islands, and every island chain in the Greek Archipelago. It also involved 57 sea passages on 35 ferries, four landing craft, three hydrofoils, a fishing caique, a sea plane, 11 buses, two trains, an open-top Land Rover, and a duck egg blue 1961 Morris Oxford. Recounted with humor, pathos, and at times drama, this is not only a journey through the Greek islands but also... more...
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