This book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, with a new final chapter about Greek history and politics to the present

Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronologicalaccount of the political, economic, social, and cultural history ofGreece, from the birth of the Greek sta

"Wonderful…a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours." —Natalie Haynes, Independent The ancient Greeks i

"First edition 1996. Updated in 2000 with new suggested readings and illustrations"--Title page verso.

A fascinating, accessible, and up-to-date history of the Ancient Greeks. Covering the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, and centred around the disuni