Networks of Power in Modern Greece: Essays in Honour of John Campbell

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Mark Mazower
Hurst & Company, 2008 - 278 pages
A multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading scholars that provides new perspectives modern Greek society and its historical development. HelenAngelomatis draws our attention to the role of women in the Greek war of independence; Mark Mazower and Charles Stewart explore local arguments over the miraculous power of the Virgin Mary to shed new light on the role of religion in the early 19th century; Thanos Veremis analyses the popular radicalism of Andreas Papandreou, the man who dominated Greek politics in the Cold Wars final decades; while the ambiguities of the very idea of a modern Greece are highlighted by John Koliopoulos. Other chapters examine through an ethnographic lens various aspects of contemporary Greek society.

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Women in the Greek War of Independence
45
the Virgin Mary
69
Dreaming of Buried Icons in the Kingdom of Greece
89
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Mark Mazower is a professor of history at Princeton University and has recently been appointed professor of history at Birkbeck College, London. He is the author of several books, most recently Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century.

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