The Greek Revolution by Mark Mazower
1821 and the Making of Modern Europe
A vivid history of the 1821 uprising against Ottoman rule, it traces how local insurgents, island seafarers, clerics, and warlords intersected with Great Power diplomacy to forge an independent nation-state. It weaves battlefield brutality and civil strife with the rise of European philhellenism, global finance, print culture, and humanitarian activism, showing how events from Chios to Navarino galvanized a transnational public. Following merchants, refugees, and diplomats as closely as fighters, it explains how the conflict reshaped ideas of nationalism and legitimized international intervention, leaving a lasting imprint on modern European politics.
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- Published
- 2021
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 592-608
- Original Language
- English
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