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Beginning with the poet's youthful travels in 1809-1811, Beaton traces his years of fame in London and self-imposed exile in Italy, that culminated in the decision to devote himself to the cause of Greek independence. Then comes Byron's dramatic self-transformation, while in Cephalonia, from Romantic rebel to 'new statesman', subordinating himself for the first time to a defined, political cause, in order to begin laying the foundations, during his 'hundred days' at Missolonghi, for a new kind of polity in Europe - that of the nation-state as we know it today. Byron's War draws extensively on Greek historical sources and other unpublished documents to tell an individual story that also offers a new understanding of the significance that Greece had for Byron, and of Byron's contribution to the origin of the present-day Greek state. 607 $aGreece$xCivilization$xInfluence 607 $aGreece$xIn literature 676 $a821/.7 700 $aBeaton$b Roderick$0204712 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786723903321 996 $aByron's War$93800011 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04417nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910818510703321 005 20251117115933.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002731 035 $a(OCoLC)70770697 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10044822 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279256 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912373 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279256 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10260461 035 $a(PQKB)11440554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3374875 035 $a(BIP)7111277 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002731 100 $a20030227d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe European Productivity Agency and transatlantic relations, 1953-1961 /$fBent Boel 210 $aCopenhagen $cMuseum Tusculanum Press/University of Copenhagen$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in 20th & 21st century European history,$x1398-1862 ;$vv. 4 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a87-7289-673-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-283). 327 $aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. 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It was initially designed as a means to "Americanize" Western Europe through the transfer of American techniques, know-how and ideas to the Old Continent, but, as Boel demonstrates, it increasingly became a framework within which the member countries sought "European" solutions to their problems. The EPA was the product of American ideas, actions and money, and embodied the merger of two of the United States' main foreign policy goals after World War II, namely increasing productivity and furthering integration among the countries of Western Europe. The agency was conceived as a major instrument for the "politics of productivity" which would enable Western European societies to overcome their social and political problems resulting from scarcity, particularly in countries such as France and Italy with strong communist parties. During its short-lived existence the EPA acted as an operational arm of the OEEC, accounting on average for over 40 percent of the overall OEEC expenditures. It implemented a vast array of activities aimed at improving productivity in industry, commerce, agriculture and distribution. Among its endeavours were efforts to develop management education, improve labor-management relations, and assist underdeveloped areas in the member countries. Many of its projects met with contrasted reactions and thus highlighted conflicts between trade unions and employers, differences amongst the OEEC countries as well as transatlantic squabbles. 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