Contents

1. Introduction
2. Ottoman Rule and the Emergence of the Greek State 1770–1831
3. Nation Building, the 'Great Idea' and National Schism 1831–1922
4. Catastrophe and Occupation and their Consequences 1923–49
5. The Legacy of the Civil War 1950–74
6. The Consolidation of Democracy and the Populist Decade 1974–90
7. Balkan Turmoil and Political Modernisation: Greece in the 1990s
8. Greece in the New Millennium: From Affluence to Austerity
9. A Greek Odyssey: Two Hundred Years Since Independence.