Xenocracy : State, Class, and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864 EPUB
by Sakis Gekas
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Of the many European territorial reconï¬gurations that followed the wars of the early nineteenth century, the Ionian State remains among the least understood.
Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the region during its half-century as a Protectorate of Great Britain – a period that embodied all of the contradictions of British colonialism.
A middle class of merchants, lawyers and state officials embraced and promoted a liberal modernization project.
Yet despite the improvements experienced by many Ionians, the deterioration of state ï¬nances led to divisions along class lines and presented a signiï¬cant threat to social stability.
Sakis Gekas shows that the impasse engendered de- pendency upon and ambivalence toward Western Europe, anticipating the ‘neocolonial’ condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today.
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- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:Berghahn Books
- Publication Date:01/12/2016
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:380 pages
- Publisher:Berghahn Books
- Publication Date:01/12/2016
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- ISBN:9781805393917