A Concise History of Greece

Richard Clogg

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781108948999
• eBook ISBN: 9781108957311
• Edition: 4
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

Now reissued in a fourth, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. As Greece emerges from a devastating economic crisis, this fourth edition offers analyses of contemporary political, economic and social developments. It includes additional illustrations, together with updated tables and suggestions for further reading. A new concluding chapter considers the trajectory of Greek history over the two hundred years since the beginning of the War of Independence in 1821. Designed to provide a basic introduction, the first edition of this hugely successful Concise History won the Runciman Award for a best book on an Hellenic topic in 1992 and has been translated into thirteen languages, including all the languages of the Balkans.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Series page
• Title page
• Contents
• List of illustrations
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Ottoman rule and the emergence of the Greek state 1770–1831
• 3 Nation building, the ‘Great Idea’ and National Schism 1831–1922
• 4 Catastrophe and occupation and their consequences 1923–49
• 5 The legacy of the civil war 1950–74
• 6 The consolidation of democracy and the populist decade 1974–90
• 7 Balkan turmoil and political modernisation: Greece in the 1990s
• 8 Greece in the new Millennium: from affluence to austerity
• 9 A Greek Odyssey: two hundred years since independence
• Biographies
• The royal houses of Greece
• Presidents
• Tables
• Key dates
• Guide to further reading
• Index