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Roderick Beaton

Greece

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A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWe think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines 'western' culture today, in the arts, sciences, social sciences and politics. Yet, as Greece has been brought under repeated scrutiny during the financial crises that have convulsed the country since 2010, worldwide coverage has revealed just how poorly we grasp the modern nation. This book sets out to understand the modern Greeks on their own terms.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 themselves… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-241-31284-1
  • EAN: 9780241312841
  • Produktnummer: 27600659
  • Verlag: Penguin Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 496 S.
  • Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.7 cm x D4.4 cm 776 g
  • Gewicht: 776

Über den Autor


Roderick Beaton is the Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London. He is a three-time winner of the Runciman Award, for his books George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel: A Biography, An Introduction to Modern Greek Literature, and Byron's War: Romantic Rebellion, Greek Revolution, which was also shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and in 2019 was made a Commander of the Order of Honour of the Hellenic Republic, in recognition of his 'distinguished contribution to the study of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature'.

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