Plundered Loyalties
Title | Plundered Loyalties PDF eBook |
Author | Giannēs Koliopoulos |
Publisher | C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Greece |
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This study examines the impact of the Axis occupation (1941-4) and the Greek Civil War (1946-9) on Greek West Macedonia's multilingual and deeply fragmented population.
Plundered Loyalties
Title | Plundered Loyalties PDF eBook |
Author | Giannes Koliopoulos |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1999 |
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Greece
Title | Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Giannēs Koliopoulos |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2002-10-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780814747674 |
"...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.
The Compensations of Plunder
Title | The Compensations of Plunder PDF eBook |
Author | Justin M. Jacobs |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2020-07-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 022671215X |
“A very important contribution to the history of collecting in the new context of nationalism in China and in the West . . . innovative and engaging.” —American Historical Review From the 1790s until World War I, Western museums filled their shelves with art and antiquities from around the world. These objects are now widely regarded as stolen from their countries of origin, and demands for their repatriation grow louder by the day. In The Compensations of Plunder, Justin M. Jacobs brings to light the historical context of the exodus of cultural treasures from northwestern China. Based on a close analysis of previously neglected archives in English, French, and Chinese, Jacobs finds that many local elites in China acquiesced to the removal of art and antiquities abroad, understanding their trade as currency for a cosmopolitan elite. In the decades after the 1911 Revolution, however, these antiquities went from being “diplomatic capital” to disputed icons of the emerging nation-state. A new generation of Chinese scholars began to criminalize the prior activities of archaeologists, erasing all memory of the pragmatic barter relationship that once existed in China. Recovering the voices of those local officials, scholars, and laborers who shaped the global trade in antiquities, The Compensations of Plunder brings historical grounding to a highly contentious topic in modern Chinese history, and informs heated debates over cultural restitution throughout the world. “Clearly the result of a very meticulously researched project, The Compensations of Plunder is a well-crafted and tremendously enjoyable read.” —Pär Cassel, University of Michigan
Plunder and Restitution
Title | Plunder and Restitution PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
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"Findings and recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and Staff report."--T.p.
The Politics of Plunder
Title | The Politics of Plunder PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph B. Scholten |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2000-05-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520916746 |
Between 279 and 229 B.C., the Aitolian koinon, a federation of mountain cantons in west central Greece, expanded to incorporate many of the neighboring lands and peoples lying between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. This new political configuration contributed to the development of modern systems of federal democracy based on proportional representation. Despite these institutional advances, the Aitolians and their polity are reviled in the ancient historical tradition, which views them as backward, semi-barbarous brigands. The Politics of Plunder is the first English-language book in over a century to examine the political history of the Aitolian koinon in its era of expansion. Joseph Scholten presents a chronological reconstruction of the koinon's course of expansion, synthesizing a number of recent studies covering Aitolian topography, epigraphy, and institutional development that help to compensate for deficiencies in the ancient narrative record. His study is the first to ask how a people and a polity so detested by their contemporaries succeeded in making such fundamental contributions to their regional political culture. Scholten's careful investigation charts a middle course that neither whitewashes the Aitolians nor credulously accepts the biased ancient tradition. This balanced approach provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the Aitolians and their koinon. Discussing the history of the ancient Aegean Greek world and the political, economic, and social history of the Hellenistic Era, this book will interest anyone concerned with those subjects or fascinated by the development of ancient Greek political institutions and theories, particularly federalism.
United Empire Loyalists
Title | United Empire Loyalists PDF eBook |
Author | Ontario. Department of Public Records and Archives |
Publisher | |
Pages | 716 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Canada |
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