num_pages: 308
description: This book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the history of modern Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eighteenth century to the present day. It is designed to provide a basic introduction for general and academic readers with little or no prior knowledge of the subject. A Concise History of Greece has been revised and now includes a new final chapter that covers Greek history and politics to the present day. Richard Clogg is a Fellow of St. Anthony's College, Oxford and was formerly Professor of Modern Balkan History, University of London. His previous publications include Anglo-Greek Attitudes (Palgrave, 2000) and Parties and Elections in Greece (Duke University Press, 1988). He is currently writing A Concise History of Romania for the Cambridge Concise Histories Series.
language: English
title: A Concise History of Greece
titlecomplete: A Concise History of Greece (Cambridge Concise Histories)
genres: Politics, Academic, Greece, European History, Nonfiction, Travel, 20th Century, History
ratings_count: 417
series: Cambridge Concise Histories
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Runciman Book Prize
publisher: Cambridge University Press