Andrekos Varnava

British imperialism in Cyprus, 1878-1915

The inconsequential possession

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus, explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered. Cyprus' importance was always more imagined than real and was enmeshed within widely held cultural signifiers and myths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780719086403
• ISBN-10: 071908640X
• Artikelnr.: 35712663

Autorenporträt

Andrekos Varnava is Professor in Imperial and Military History at the Flinders University of South Australia and Honorary Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Historicising the British possession of Cyprus: The
contexts 2. Cyprus from Richard Coeur de Lion to Disraeli: The imperial
imagination 3. Justifying the occupation of Cyprus, 1876-78: 'The key of
western Asia' 4. The sublime illusions: 1878-80: The Mediterranean
'Eldorado' 5. Financial policy and the development of Cyprus, 1880-1912:
The 'mill-stone' 6. From multiculturalism to multi-nationalism: The
'European' possession 7. Cyprus' strategic place in the British imperial
structure: The backwater 8. 'Cyprus is of no use to anybody': The pawn
Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Index