Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction I -- 2 Ottoman rule and the emergence of the Greek state 1770-1831 7 -- 3 Nation building, the 'Great Idea' and National Schism 1831-1192 46 -- 4 Catastrophe and occupation and their consequences 1923-49 98 -- 5 The legacy of the civil war 1950-74 142 -- 6 The consolidation of democracy and the populist decade 1974-90 i66 -- 7 Balkan turmoil and political modernization: Greece in the 1990s 201 -- Biographies 239 -- The royal houses of Greece 259 -- Presidents z60 -- Tables z6I -- Key dates z69 -- Guide to further reading 276 -- Index Z82.