The Resource Athens : a cultural and literary history, by Michael Llewellyn Smith
Athens : a cultural and literary history, by Michael Llewellyn Smith
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- Summary
- A guide to the history and culture of Athens explores its streets and squares, revealing layers of Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, elegant Bavarian neoclassical buildings, and a modern city of concrete and glass, metro and tram
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 257 pages
- Contents
-
- FOREWORD by Roderick Beaton
- PREFACE
- CHRONOLOGY Some Key Dates in the History of Athens
- INTRODUCTION Between Ancient and Modern
- CHAPTER ONE : MARKETS, KIOSKS, HOLES IN THE GROUND, SOUND AND LIGHT : Street Life ; Business and Pleasure ; Cafe Culture ; The Story of a Hole ; Growth of the Modern City ; Migration and Crime ; Heat and Light ; Athenians Observed ; Mark Twain and the Acropolis
- CHAPTER TWO NOSTALGIA AND RETROSPECT: IMPRESSIONS OF FORTY-FIVE YEARS : "Old Athens" ; Curse of the Car ; The View from Mount Lycabettus
- CHAPTER THREE OTRO TAKES POSSESSION: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE ACROPOLIS? : The Acropolis: A Brief History ; Restoration and Excavation
- CHAPTER FOUR LANDSCAPING THE ACROPOLIS : Revelation and Rapture ; Freud's Memory ; "A Prodigious Bomb" ; Classical Symbol ; The Elgin Marbles
- CHAPTER FIVE THE AGORA AND THE CLASSICAL CITY : Heart of the City ; Excavating the Agora ; Roman Athens
- CHAPTER SIX THE ATHENIAN WAY OF DEATH : The Kerameikos ; Funeral Rites ; The First Cemetery ; The Protestant Cemetery
- CHAPTER SEVEN BYZANTINES, FRANKS, CATALANS AND FLORENTINES : Traces of Byzantium ; The Orthodox Church ; "A Great Ruin" ; Enter the Franks
- CHAPTER EIGHT THE TURKISH TOWN : Writers and Visitors ; Chateaubriand and Byron ; Greek against Turk
- CHAPTER NINE ATHENS REVIVED : Otho's Capital ; Planning the New Athens ; The Plaka ; The Anaphiotika ; Constitution Square ; Power Politics
- CHAPTER TEN ATHENS CAPITAL CITY : The University ; Symbols of State ; Cathedrals and Churches ; Architects and Benefactors ; From Otho to George I ; Heart of Hellenism ; Cultured Tourists
- CHAPTER ELEVEN OLYMPIC ATHENS : Olympics Revived ; American Triumph ; The Marathon ; From 1896 to 2004 ; The Great Idea
- CHAPTER TWELVE WAR, MIGRATION, AND REFUGEES : Athens at War ; Refugee Crisis ; Identity and Change: Yerania and Kaisariani ; Changing Cityscape: the Inter-war Years ; Political Instability ; German Occupation and Famine ; Liberation
- CH
- Isbn
- 9781566565400
- Label
- Athens : a cultural and literary history
- Title
- Athens
- Title remainder
- a cultural and literary history
- Statement of responsibility
- by Michael Llewellyn Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A guide to the history and culture of Athens explores its streets and squares, revealing layers of Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine history, elegant Bavarian neoclassical buildings, and a modern city of concrete and glass, metro and tram
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn
- Dewey number
- 949.5/12
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DF920
- LC item number
- .S65 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cities of the imagination
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Athens (Greece)
- Athens (Greece)
- Label
- Athens : a cultural and literary history, by Michael Llewellyn Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-248) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- FOREWORD by Roderick Beaton -- PREFACE -- CHRONOLOGY Some Key Dates in the History of Athens -- INTRODUCTION Between Ancient and Modern -- CHAPTER ONE : MARKETS, KIOSKS, HOLES IN THE GROUND, SOUND AND LIGHT : Street Life ; Business and Pleasure ; Cafe Culture ; The Story of a Hole ; Growth of the Modern City ; Migration and Crime ; Heat and Light ; Athenians Observed ; Mark Twain and the Acropolis -- CHAPTER TWO NOSTALGIA AND RETROSPECT: IMPRESSIONS OF FORTY-FIVE YEARS : "Old Athens" ; Curse of the Car ; The View from Mount Lycabettus -- CHAPTER THREE OTRO TAKES POSSESSION: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE ACROPOLIS? : The Acropolis: A Brief History ; Restoration and Excavation -- CHAPTER FOUR LANDSCAPING THE ACROPOLIS : Revelation and Rapture ; Freud's Memory ; "A Prodigious Bomb" ; Classical Symbol ; The Elgin Marbles -- CHAPTER FIVE THE AGORA AND THE CLASSICAL CITY : Heart of the City ; Excavating the Agora ; Roman Athens -- CHAPTER SIX THE ATHENIAN WAY OF DEATH : The Kerameikos ; Funeral Rites ; The First Cemetery ; The Protestant Cemetery -- CHAPTER SEVEN BYZANTINES, FRANKS, CATALANS AND FLORENTINES : Traces of Byzantium ; The Orthodox Church ; "A Great Ruin" ; Enter the Franks -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE TURKISH TOWN : Writers and Visitors ; Chateaubriand and Byron ; Greek against Turk -- CHAPTER NINE ATHENS REVIVED : Otho's Capital ; Planning the New Athens ; The Plaka ; The Anaphiotika ; Constitution Square ; Power Politics -- CHAPTER TEN ATHENS CAPITAL CITY : The University ; Symbols of State ; Cathedrals and Churches ; Architects and Benefactors ; From Otho to George I ; Heart of Hellenism ; Cultured Tourists -- CHAPTER ELEVEN OLYMPIC ATHENS : Olympics Revived ; American Triumph ; The Marathon ; From 1896 to 2004 ; The Great Idea -- CHAPTER TWELVE WAR, MIGRATION, AND REFUGEES : Athens at War ; Refugee Crisis ; Identity and Change: Yerania and Kaisariani ; Changing Cityscape: the Inter-war Years ; Political Instability ; German Occupation and Famine ; Liberation -- CH
- Control code
- 54400548
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781566565400
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2004003243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Athens : a cultural and literary history, by Michael Llewellyn Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-248) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- FOREWORD by Roderick Beaton -- PREFACE -- CHRONOLOGY Some Key Dates in the History of Athens -- INTRODUCTION Between Ancient and Modern -- CHAPTER ONE : MARKETS, KIOSKS, HOLES IN THE GROUND, SOUND AND LIGHT : Street Life ; Business and Pleasure ; Cafe Culture ; The Story of a Hole ; Growth of the Modern City ; Migration and Crime ; Heat and Light ; Athenians Observed ; Mark Twain and the Acropolis -- CHAPTER TWO NOSTALGIA AND RETROSPECT: IMPRESSIONS OF FORTY-FIVE YEARS : "Old Athens" ; Curse of the Car ; The View from Mount Lycabettus -- CHAPTER THREE OTRO TAKES POSSESSION: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE ACROPOLIS? : The Acropolis: A Brief History ; Restoration and Excavation -- CHAPTER FOUR LANDSCAPING THE ACROPOLIS : Revelation and Rapture ; Freud's Memory ; "A Prodigious Bomb" ; Classical Symbol ; The Elgin Marbles -- CHAPTER FIVE THE AGORA AND THE CLASSICAL CITY : Heart of the City ; Excavating the Agora ; Roman Athens -- CHAPTER SIX THE ATHENIAN WAY OF DEATH : The Kerameikos ; Funeral Rites ; The First Cemetery ; The Protestant Cemetery -- CHAPTER SEVEN BYZANTINES, FRANKS, CATALANS AND FLORENTINES : Traces of Byzantium ; The Orthodox Church ; "A Great Ruin" ; Enter the Franks -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE TURKISH TOWN : Writers and Visitors ; Chateaubriand and Byron ; Greek against Turk -- CHAPTER NINE ATHENS REVIVED : Otho's Capital ; Planning the New Athens ; The Plaka ; The Anaphiotika ; Constitution Square ; Power Politics -- CHAPTER TEN ATHENS CAPITAL CITY : The University ; Symbols of State ; Cathedrals and Churches ; Architects and Benefactors ; From Otho to George I ; Heart of Hellenism ; Cultured Tourists -- CHAPTER ELEVEN OLYMPIC ATHENS : Olympics Revived ; American Triumph ; The Marathon ; From 1896 to 2004 ; The Great Idea -- CHAPTER TWELVE WAR, MIGRATION, AND REFUGEES : Athens at War ; Refugee Crisis ; Identity and Change: Yerania and Kaisariani ; Changing Cityscape: the Inter-war Years ; Political Instability ; German Occupation and Famine ; Liberation -- CH
- Control code
- 54400548
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781566565400
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2004003243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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