Xenocracy: State, Class and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815–1864

Gekas, Sakis

ISBN 10 : 1785332619 ISBN 13 : 9781785332616

Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2016

Synopsis

Of the many European territorial reconfigurations 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 finances led to divisions along class lines and presented a significant 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sakis Gekas is an Associate Professor and the Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair in Modern Greek History at York University, Toronto. He has written on the Ionian Islands under British rule, on merchants and ports in the Mediterranean, and the economic history of nineteenth-century Greece.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berghahn Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785332619
• ISBN 13: 9781785332616
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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