IMPACT OF THE IMMIGRANTS FROM ASIA MINOR ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN INTERWAR GREECE (Wplyw imigrantow z Azji Mniejszej na przemiany spoleczno-ekonomiczne w Grecji miedzywojennej)

• Authors: Paszkiewicz Jedrzej
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

As a result of mass immigration of Greeks from Asia Minor, which took place in consequence of the defeat in the war with Turkey in 1922-1924, Greek agriculture and economy underwent unprecedented changes. A great number and diversity of the immigrants resulted in breaking of almost all previous social and economic connections in the country. Owing to the refugees, Greek internal market increased significantly, services and production (particularly agro-industrial) sectors became more dynamic. A new modern fashion of agricultural activity was also popularized. Moreover, the northern parts of the country, Aegean Macedonia and West Thrace, underwent unprecedented modernization. Significant Greek population growth, at the cost of other ethnoreligious groups, which was the result of settlement operation conducted by the state, could also be observed there. Immigrant communities demonstrated good dynamics in economic activity, which resulted in breaking of the traditional socioeconomic relations in Greece; the pressure on their side was conducive to cultural and political modernization. Diverse and often contradictory experiences of 'locals' and immigrants fostered the pluralization of social life. All these transformations, however, have not translated either into a sudden economic growth over the next decade, or the stabilization of Greek political system.

Keywords

EN

ASIA MINOR; IMMIGRANTS; INTERWAR GREECE; WAR WITH TURKEY 1922-1924

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 45
• Pages: 141-152
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Paszkiewicz Jedrzej

• Jedrzej Paszkiewicz, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza; Wydzial Historyczny; Instytut Historii, ul. sw. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA099914