Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BIbliografia Colonizzazioni interne Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greek Diaspora Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Section Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ioanna Laliotou Melvin Ember Carol R. Ember Ian Skoggard Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource ©2005 Springer-Verlag US Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Springer US Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Language A language of the resource en Zotero Title Greek Diaspora Item Type Book Section Author Ioanna Laliotou Editor Melvin Ember Carol R. Ember Ian Skoggard URL http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-0-387-29904-4_9 Rights ©2005 Springer-Verlag US Publisher Springer US Pages 85-92 ISBN 978-0-306-48321-9, 978-0-387-29904-4 Date 2005 Access Date 2015-03-26 10:20:10 Library Catalog link.springer.com Language en Abstract Note Why and When a Greek Diaspora?In 1923, a year after the defeat of the Greek army in Asia Minor caused the violent expatriation of several hundred thousand Greeks and the considerable geopolitical shrinkage of Hellenism, the prominent historian and professor at the National University in Athens, Konstantinos Amantos, attributed the diasporic desires and history of the Greek people to the Aegean Sea. He noted that, The Aegean Sea gave Hellenism a certain orientation ..., the easiness of transportation through the sea resulted in the dispersion and final disappearance of millions of Greeks ... and most important it did not encourage any expansion towards the interior of the Balkan Peninsula. No other people adjusted biologically to the Aegean [but the Greeks]. (Amantos, 1923, pp. 345–346)The history of the movement of Greek populations starts from Antiquity and continues until the present. Modem historiography has associated the notion of the Greek diaspora m ... Book Title Encyclopedia of Diasporas Attachment Title Snapshot