Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction. History and Historiography in Greece: From the Establishment of the Greek State to the Present Day 1
6. Chapter 1. Ancient History in Modern Greece: Traditions and Trends 22
7. Chapter 2. Byzantine History: State of the Field and Greek Perspectives 41
8. Chapter 3. The National Greek Historiography (Twentieth–Twenty-First Century) 59
9. Chapter 4. The Annales in Greek Historical Studies: An Attempt at Historicization 73
10. Chapter 5. The Rise and Fall of Greek Marxist Historiography 93
11. Chapter 6. Economic History: Emergence and Institutionalization of a Historiographic Field 150
12. Chapter 7. From the History of the Labor Movement to the History of Labor: The Gradual Shaping of the Discipline in Greece 173
13. Chapter 8. Gender History in Greece 190
14. Chapter 9. Oral History in Greece: Uncovering the Hidden Voices of History 210
15. Chapter 10. Biography, Memory, Historiography 229
16. Chapter 11. Public History in Greece 249
17. Chapter 12. Postmodernism in Greek Historiography 263
18. Chapter 13. The Challenge of Ottoman Studies in Greece 284
19. Chapter 14. Comparative and Transnational History in Greece 301
20. Afterword. Why Might Greek Historiography Matter? 320
21. Index 334