The Greeks: The Land and People Since the WarOur perception of Greece conjures up many potent images: an ancient civilization brought alive by fable, hillsides dotted with sunbaked villages, lazy beaches lapped by crystal blue waters, the warmth and humour of its people. Yet if we look behind the picture-postcard imagery, the painful contradictions of the country begin to emerge. James Pettifer's classic text on Greece, now revised and updated with extensive new material, argues that it is vital to understand this country's present by looking at the far-reaching effects of its troubled past. He surveys the roots of Greek social, economic and political realities with intelligence and convincing clarity. |
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9 Athens and the Urban Crisis | |
10 Agriculture | |
Oppression and Freedom | |
12 Food Drink and Material Life | |
Words Music | |
The Domestic Fortress | |
Paradise Threatened? | |
PART THREE | |
Preface to the Second Edition | |
Preface to the Third Edition | |
Introduction | |
PART ONE | |
Epirus and the North | |
A New Democracy? | |
3 A European Destiny? Greece and the European Union | |
4 The Advent of PASOK | |
New Democracy without Karamanlis | |
The Simitis Years | |
PART TWO | |
The Visit to Paradise | |
8 Archaeology | |
Albanians Vlachs and Sarakatsans | |
17 Thrace and Cyprus | |
18 The Macedonian Background | |
19 The Diaspora | |
20 A Balkan or a European Future? | |
PART FOUR | |
20002008 | |
22 From Greek Crisis to European Crisis 20092012 | |
He just wanted a decent book to read | |
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