"...Meticulously researched...Thoroughly documented with copious footnotes, a shronology, and extensive bibliography, this work is recommended for academic libraries." -Library Journal Focusing on questions that seek to illuminate vital aspects of the Greek phenomenon, this modern history of Greece is organized around themes such as politics, institutions, society, ideology, foreign policy, geography, and culture. Making clear their predilection for the principles that inspired the founding fathers of the Greek state, Koliopoulos and Veremis juxtapose these principles to contemporary practices, and outline the resulting tensions in Greek society as it enters the new millenium. Challenging established notions and stereotypes that have disfigured Greek history, Greece: A Modern Sequel is meant to encourage a fresh look at the country and its people. In the process, a portrait of a new Greece emerges: modern, diverse, and strong.
John S. Koliopoulos is Professor of Modern Greek History at the University of Thessaloniki and the author of many books, including Brigands with a Cause an Plundered Loyalties. Thanos Veremis is Professor of Political History at Athens University and President of the board of ELIAMEP (the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy). He is the author of The Military in Greek Politics.
Part I. POLITICS AND STATECRAFT 1. A Regime to Suit the Nation 2. Government and People Part II. INSTITUTIONS 3. The Church of Greece 4. The Military 5. Education: The Mighty Greek School Part III. THE ECONOMY Part IV. SOCIETY 7. A Land of Peasants 8. The Search for a Middle Class 9. Migrants, Refugees and the Diaspora 10. Of Heroes and Heroic Deeds 11. Crime and Impunity Part V. IDEOLOGY 12. Shaping the New Nation 13. Demarcating the Past 14. The Return of the Hellenes 15. Of Greeks and Others 16. Europe in Greece Part VI. FOREIGN POLICY 17. Greek Foreign Policy: From Independence to Liberation 18. The Post-War Legacy Part VII. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY 19. The Frontier and Beyond 20. A Northern Boundary 21. War for Land Part VIII 22. Culture
"This comprehensive volume is timely and useful... This volume is sufficiently theoretical and provides useful empirical detail. The book's geographic scale is noteworthy, including classic sites for consideration of child circulation, such as Hawai'i, and well-know sending countries such as Russia and China. But it also attends to less well-studied areas: Spain, Quebec, Lithuania, Brazil, and Peru."-CHOICE, "This lively collection of seventeen essays is devoted to variations on the theme of international adoption. The essays . . . present a comprehensive overview of a wide range of issues, with thought-provoking contributions on a variety of case studies from sending and receiving countries."-Giovanna Bacchiddu, "Social Anthropology" "A powerful and intelligent volume. Its attention to inequalities associated with class, race, sexuality, nation, and globalization, as well as its serious engagement of cultural ideas about kinship, make it a critical resource for scholars, students, practitioners, and others interested in adoption in the contemporary era." -Teresa Toguchi Swartz, University of Minnesota "Certainly the most comprehensive set of essays on international adoption ever assembled, this collection represents but also stretches beyond the recent renaissance in adoption scholarship. Perhaps its greatest innovation is that 'international' is not just a reference to the circulation of children across borders, but also to the impressive range of geographical, social, and theoretical perspectives proffered by the book's authors. They are veteran scholars as well as some fresh new voices. Marre and Briggs provide smart, historically informed editorship, making the book a must-have for humanities and social science scholars interested in kinship, globally stratified reproduction, and gender." -Sara Dorow, University of Alberta "It is a breath of fresh air to have an international group of scholars finally weigh in on the movement of children between nations for the purpose of adoption. This important book, including perspectives from both sending and receiving countries, illustrates the 'two-ness' of transnational family-making." -Ellen Herman, author of "Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United States"
