The contribution of Greek settlers to the large industrial cities and other major urban centres modernised them by injecting new ideas into the economic, social and political life of their new environment."--Jacket.
The contribution of Greek settlers to the large industrial cities and other major urban centres modernised them by injecting new ideas into the economic, social and political life of their new environment."--Jacket.
This book details the role of the Greeks in Australian settlement, the two large waves of Greek migration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the ways in which the Greeks have maintained a solid sense of Greek cultural expression.
This study is not strictly prosopographical or a socially aristocratic account of historiography depicting the lives of three selected individuals; it is an attempt to portray the way that these three individuals blended their resources and socio-economic standings with their involvement in communal affairs to benefit the Greek community and enhance the image of Hellenism in the mainstream society. The three Australian Greek voices appearing in this volume could be treated as a sample pattern; they are all unique cases of settlers with advanced civic conscience, who acquire national and international reputation dedicating their charisma to the common cause."-- Introduction.
This book has been prepared to commemorate the active involvement of hundreds of Australian students in a competion based on Hellenic civilization and art and their innovative and creative talent ... "Wanderings of Odysseus" has two meanings: the first is symbolic and refers to the wanderings of contemporary immigrants to reach their new home lands, while the second represents the everlasting attempt of man to find his ideal goals in life, the human Ithaca.
This study is not strictly prosopographical or a socially aristocratic account of historiography depicting the lives of three selected individuals; it is an attempt to portray the way that these three individuals blended their resources and socio-economic standings with their involvement in communal affairs to benefit the Greek community and enhance the image of Hellenism in the mainstream society. The three Australian Greek voices appearing in this volume could be treated as a sample pattern; they are all unique cases of settlers with advanced civic conscience, who acquire national and international reputation dedicating their charisma to the common cause."-- Introduction.
This study is not strictly prosopographical or a socially aristocratic account of historiography depicting the lives of three selected individuals; it is an attempt to portray the way that these three individuals blended their resources and socio-economic standings with their involvement in communal affairs to benefit the Greek community and enhance the image of Hellenism in the mainstream society. The three Australian Greek voices appearing in this volume could be treated as a sample pattern; they are all unique cases of settlers with advanced civic conscience, who acquire national and international reputation dedicating their charisma to the common cause."-- Introduction.
History of the migrations of the largest group of Greeks to come to Australia, including the experiences in Europe that encouraged them to move and their adaptation to a new life in Australia. Includes bibliography and index. The author is a senior lecturer in sociolinguistics and Hellenic studies at La Trobe University.
The contribution of Greek settlers to the large industrial cities and other major urban centres modernised them by injecting new ideas into the economic, social and political life of their new environment."--Jacket.
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