Key aspects of philhellenism - political self-determination, freedom, beauty, individual greatness - originate in antiquity and present a complex reception history. The force of European philhellenism derives from ancient Roman idealizations, which have been drawn on by European…
Key aspects of philhellenism - political self-determination, freedom, beauty, individual greatness - originate in antiquity and present a complex reception history. The force of European philhellenism derives from ancient Roman idealizations, which have been drawn on by European…
Introduction : The Spark of the Greek Fire -- Before the Greek Revolution and Americans in a Larger World -- European Philhellenism Crosses the Atlantic -- Philhellenism joins with American Benevolence -- Philhellenes Clash with American Commerce -- Abolitionism, Reform, and Phi…
"This book focuses on how international events influenced domestic reform movements and politics of the antebellum era. This approach reveals that early Americans were engaged in a global community and that domestic reform movements and politics were part of a larger conversatio…
'The Greek Fire' examines the United States' early global influence as the fledgling nation that inserted itself in conflicts that were oceans away. It focuses on the American fascination with and involvement in the Greek Revolution in the 1820s and 1830s.
"This book focuses on how international events influenced domestic reform movements and politics of the antebellum era. This approach reveals that early Americans were engaged in a global community and that domestic reform movements and politics were part of a larger conversatio…
"This book focuses on how international events influenced domestic reform movements and politics of the antebellum era. This approach reveals that early Americans were engaged in a global community and that domestic reform movements and politics were part of a larger conversatio…
Le soulèvement des Grecs contre la domination ottomane en 1821 a suscité dans la plus grande partie de l'Europe et aux Etats-Unis un mouvement de solidarité d'une ampleur sans précédent : un peu partout des comités se sont formés; des souscriptions, des concerts de soutien ont é…
"Against the backdrop of ever-increasing nationalist violence during the last decade of the twentieth century, this book challenges standard analyses of nation formation by elaborating on the nation's dream-like hold over the modern social imagination. Stathis Gourgouris argues …
"Against the backdrop of ever-increasing nationalist violence during the last decade of the twentieth century, this book challenges standard analyses of nation formation by elaborating on the nation's dream-like hold over the modern social imagination. Stathis Gourgouris argues …
"Against the backdrop of ever-increasing nationalist violence during the last decade of the twentieth century, this book challenges standard analyses of nation formation by elaborating on the nation's dream-like hold over the modern social imagination. Stathis Gourgouris argues …
Proporcionado por el ed.: "The Greek war for independence (1821-1830) goes missing from the narrative of the Age of Revolutions, yet the overthrow of Ottoman rule was of profound political significance. The Greek Revolution offers short essays detailing the activities, personali…
"The Greek war for independence (1821-1830) goes missing from the narrative of the Age of Revolutions, yet the overthrow of Ottoman rule was of profound political significance. The Greek Revolution offers short essays detailing the activities, personalities, intellectual underpi…
