{"product_id":"greece-after-the-war-9780789214744","title":"Greece After the War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeautifully evocative of people and ways of life gone by, in their timeless setting.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHarvard Magazine\u003cbr\u003eStirring images of Greece and her people in a time of change, from noted photographer Robert A. McCabe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen photographer Robert A. McCabe first came to Greece as a college student in 1954, he found a country still scarred by the Axis occupation of World War II and the civil war that followed: poverty was widespread, and the infrastructure was underbuilt and battered. But, at the same time, these were years of hope: new ventures ranging from shipping lines to state-sponsored tourist hotels to ice cream distribution heralded the nation's rapid development into a modern European state. And all around was the beauty of the Greek landscape, the splendour of the Greek archaeological heritage, and the optimism of the Greek people, who maintained age-old cultural traditions even in the most challenging conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, published on the occas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully evocative of people and ways of life gone by, in their timeless setting.\" - Harvard Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884629832023,"sku":"9780789214744","price":32.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780789214744.jpg?v=1722532796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/greece-after-the-war-9780789214744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}