THE GREEK DIASPORA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Richard Clogg (Editor) ( 9780333600474 )

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Title:

THE GREEK DIASPORA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0333600479

ISBN 13:

9780333600474

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

8 June, 1999

Series:

St Antony's Series

Pages:

190

Description:

The Greeks constitute one of the archetypal diasporas. This volume brings together studies of some of the major Greek communities outside the bounds of the Greek state: the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Russia/Georgia and Egypt.

Synopsis:

Xeniteia, or sojourning in foreign parts, is central to the experience of the Greek people in modern times. Yet the study of the emergence and present state of the Greek communities, in many cases large and prosperous, that exist in many parts of the world has not so far received the attention it deserves. This volume brings together studies of a number of the major communities of the diaspora: the United States, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Russia/Georgia and Egypt. An intro-ductory chapter traces the emergence from the eighteenth century onwards of the present world-wide dispersion of Greeks and a concluding chapter addresses questions of identity that necessarily arise in any consideration of diaspora communities. The Greeks constitute one of the world's archetypal diasporas. The essays gathered in this volume help to explain why this is so. They raise broader questions which will be of interest to students of diasporas in general, as modern communications make it easier for diaspora communities to sustain contact with the homeland and for the 'national centre' to seek to mobilise the political and economic resources of diaspora communities in the national interest.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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