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1 online resource (xlviii, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Historical dictionaries of Europe ; no. 71
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Historical dictionaries of Europe ; no. 71.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix A: Kings of Greece 1833-1973; Appendix B: Presidents of Greece 1828-2008; Appendix C: Prime Ministers of Modern Greece1833-2008; Appendix D: National Election Results in Greece(1946-2007); Appendix E: Basic Data on Greece; Appendix F: Economic Statistical Charts; Bibliography; About the Author. |
Summary |
Located on the southern-most tip of the Balkan peninsula in Europe's southeast, Greece is a small country of some 11 million people. And while few people have a longer history than the Greeks, Modern Greece is a fairly young country, having been founded in 1830. Greece has come a long way since then; it has been a client state, first of Britain and then of the United States, for much of its modern existence but now it has secured an equal place at the top tables of NATO and the EU. The Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece explores the modern history of this country through a chronology, an. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Greece -- History -- 1821- -- Dictionaries.
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Greece. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1821- |
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Greece -- Politics and government -- 1821- -- Dictionaries.
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
Since 1821 |
Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Dictionaries.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Keridis, Dimitris. Historical dictionary of modern Greece. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009 9780810859982 081085998X (DLC) 2009001203 (OCoLC)298541427 |
ISBN |
9780810863125 (electronic book) |
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081086312X (electronic book) |
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9780810859982 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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