Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

by Roderick Beaton

Book Overview

For many, "Greece" is synonymous with "ancient Greece," the civilization that gave us much that defines Western culture today. But, how did Greece come to be so powerfully attached to the legacy of the ancients in the first place and then define an identity for itself that is at once Greek and modern? This book reveals the remarkable achievement, during the last three hundred years, of building a modern nation on the ruins of a vanished civilization--sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022680979X
• ISBN13: 9780226809793
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"