Overview

The 2nd edition of Nicholas Doumanis’s A History of Greece provides a masterful exploration of Greek history from early antiquity to the present. Doumanis surveys the ancient, medieval and modern periods to convincingly make the case for Greek culture’s robustness having stemmed from its willing and repeated engagement with other cultures throughout history. Drawing on a wealth of sources, the book offers a comprehensive examination of the development and transformations of Greek politics, culture and society from the earliest times to the Greece of today. This edition includes, for the first time: · A new introduction which details the complex relationship between Greeks today and the Greeks of antiquity, and the reasons why historical controversies can and have spilled over into mass protests in the region · New sections and added material on social change and the environment, women, minorities, religion, Cyprus and the wider Greek world/diaspora · A brand new chapter - Modernity, the Liberation of Cyprus and Times of Crisis (1974-present) – which examines how Greece found political stability in the aftermath of the tumultuous crisis decade of the 2010s, while the Republic of Cyprus was liberated, invaded and divided · An enhanced visual component with over four times as many images and ten maps · Historiographical updates throughout

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Nicholas Doumanis’ A History of Greece offers a clear, compelling and accessible account of Greek history from antiquity to the present. Doumanis deftly traces the transformations of Greek culture across the centuries, highlighting its constant dialogue with the wider world. -- Dr. Georgios Giannakopoulos, City St. George’s, University of London So much of the book is so good, and strongly to be recommended as a port of first call… -- Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, University of Cambridge Few historians have such a talent for synthesis and erudition as Nicholas Doumanis. From prehistory to the history of the present, the famous country now has a compelling survey to entice specialists and non-specialists alike. * Sakis Gekas, Associate Professor of History, York University, UK *

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Nicholas Doumanis is Associate Professor of History at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of several books, including Before the Nation: Christian-Muslim Coexistence and its destruction in Late Ottoman Anatolia (2013) and Myth and Memory in the Mediterranean Remembering Fascism's Empire (1997).

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