Thomas W. Gallant is Professor and Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History at UC San Diego, USA. He is the author of Experiencing Dominion: Culture, Identity and Power in the British Mediterranean (2002) and editor of the ten-volume Edinburgh History of the Greeks.

With an authoritative and highly readable prose that testifies to Gallant’s long-established mastery of his field, the newly expanded edition of Modern Greece presents an extremely timely and balanced account of social and political history in the country from the 19th century to the present day. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Greece and its people.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of MapsList of Text-boxesList of TablesList of ChartsTimelines1. The Greek World in its Ottoman Context2. The War for Independence, 1821-18333. Building the Modern State, 1833-1909 4. Constructing the Modern Nation: Cultures, Identities, and Diversity5. The 'National Question': Irredentism and Foreign Policy6. Society and Economy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries7. From a Nation United to a Nation Divided, 1909-19198. The Inter-war Period, 1909-1940: a Time of Turmoil9. The Terrible Decade: Occupation and Civil War, 1940-195010. Reconstruction and Retribution, 1950-196011. Dictatorship, Democratic Restoration and Europeanization, 1967-199012. From Boom to Bust in the Age of Globalization, 1990-2015Suggestions for Further ReadingIndex

Thomas W. Gallant is Professor and Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History at UC San Diego, USA. He is the author of Experiencing Dominion: Culture, Identity and Power in the British Mediterranean (2002) and editor of the ten-volume Edinburgh History of the Greeks.

With an authoritative and highly readable prose that testifies to Gallant’s long-established mastery of his field, the newly expanded edition of Modern Greece presents an extremely timely and balanced account of social and political history in the country from the 19th century to the present day. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Greece and its people.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of MapsList of Text-boxesList of TablesList of ChartsTimelines1. The Greek World in its Ottoman Context2. The War for Independence, 1821-18333. Building the Modern State, 1833-1909 4. Constructing the Modern Nation: Cultures, Identities, and Diversity5. The 'National Question': Irredentism and Foreign Policy6. Society and Economy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries7. From a Nation United to a Nation Divided, 1909-19198. The Inter-war Period, 1909-1940: a Time of Turmoil9. The Terrible Decade: Occupation and Civil War, 1940-195010. Reconstruction and Retribution, 1950-196011. Dictatorship, Democratic Restoration and Europeanization, 1967-199012. From Boom to Bust in the Age of Globalization, 1990-2015Suggestions for Further ReadingIndex

Thomas W. Gallant is Professor and Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History at UC San Diego, USA. He is the author of Experiencing Dominion: Culture, Identity and Power in the British Mediterranean (2002) and editor of the ten-volume Edinburgh History of the Greeks.

With an authoritative and highly readable prose that testifies to Gallant’s long-established mastery of his field, the newly expanded edition of Modern Greece presents an extremely timely and balanced account of social and political history in the country from the 19th century to the present day. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Greece and its people.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of MapsList of Text-boxesList of TablesList of ChartsTimelines1. The Greek World in its Ottoman Context2. The War for Independence, 1821-18333. Building the Modern State, 1833-1909 4. Constructing the Modern Nation: Cultures, Identities, and Diversity5. The 'National Question': Irredentism and Foreign Policy6. Society and Economy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries7. From a Nation United to a Nation Divided, 1909-19198. The Inter-war Period, 1909-1940: a Time of Turmoil9. The Terrible Decade: Occupation and Civil War, 1940-195010. Reconstruction and Retribution, 1950-196011. Dictatorship, Democratic Restoration and Europeanization, 1967-199012. From Boom to Bust in the Age of Globalization, 1990-2015Suggestions for Further ReadingIndex