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Book Synopsis Cyprus under British Colonial Rule by : Christos P. Ioannides
Download or read book Cyprus under British Colonial Rule written by Christos P. Ioannides and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines British rule in Cyprus from 1878 to 1954. The author analyzes the cultural and religious dimensions of Cypriot responses to British rule and the ways in which Greek Orthodox culture was a primary conduit for resistance to the colonial system.
Book Synopsis Constructive Imperialism, Experts and Crisis in Colonial Cyprus by : Serkan Karas
Download or read book Constructive Imperialism, Experts and Crisis in Colonial Cyprus written by Serkan Karas and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the colonial history of Cyprus through the history of technology. Based on materialist and actor-network approaches to power, it unfolds the role of technology in the formation of British colonial rule during critical episodes in Cyprus. It considers the entanglement of colonial rule and technology in four cases of infrastructural development: the island-wide electrification project, Famagusta and Larnaca Harbours, and the Cyprus Government Railway. Throughout these cases, the reader will discover the expert-based, developmentalist and material ways of governing crises with which the British Empire expected to reproduce and prolong its rule on the island.
Book Synopsis Assassination in Colonial Cyprus in 1934 and the Origins of EOKA by : Andrekos Varnava
Download or read book Assassination in Colonial Cyprus in 1934 and the Origins of EOKA written by Andrekos Varnava and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the assassination of Antonios Triantafyllides, a leading Cypriot lawyer and politician, in British colonial Cyprus in January 1934. This event has been the infamous subject of rumours since its occurrence and a taboo subject for Cypriot society and historians alike, as the event has been silenced or dismissed. This book explores the assassination in its broadest possible context by situating it within the broader events within the British Empire, the region and the world more generally at that time. The basis for the exploration is a ‘community of records’ through which all the evidence is sifted, reading it both with and against the grain, in order to provide the most likely answer to who was really behind this mysterious cold case. Through rigorous analysis, this book concludes that those who most likely masterminded the assassination supported radical right-wing extremist pro-enosis nationalism and were subsequently also prominent in forming the EOKA terrorist group in the 1950s.
Book Synopsis Cyprus from Colonialism to the Present: Visions and Realities by : Anastasia Yiangou
Download or read book Cyprus from Colonialism to the Present: Visions and Realities written by Anastasia Yiangou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is published in honour of the acclaimed work of Robert Holland, historian of the British Empire and the Mediterranean, and it brings together essays based on the original research of his colleagues, former students and friends. The focal theme is modern Cyprus, on which much of Robert Holland’s own history writing was concentrated for many years. The essays analyse British rule in Cyprus between 1878 and 1960, and especially the transition to independence; the coverage, however, also incorporates the post-colonial era and the construction of present-day dilemmas. The Cypriot experience intertwines with Anglo-Hellenic relations generally, so that a section of the book is devoted to those aspects that have been central to Robert Holland’s sustained contribution. The essays explore, inter alia, historiography, social history, economics, politics, ideology, education and the 2013 financial crisis. Taken as a collection the essays serve as an appropriate tribute to Robert Holland as well as an innovative addition to the existing historiography of colonial and post-colonial Cyprus. They will be of great interest to anyone interested in Imperial and Commonwealth History, Anglo-Hellenic relations and the Eastern Mediterranean in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Book Synopsis British Imperialism and Turkish Nationalism in Cyprus, 1923-1939 by : Ilia Xypolia
Download or read book British Imperialism and Turkish Nationalism in Cyprus, 1923-1939 written by Ilia Xypolia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Cyprus experienced British imperial rule between 1878 and 1960, Greek and Turkish nationalism on the island developed at different times and at different speeds. Relations between Turkish Cypriots and the British on the one hand, and Greek Cypriots and the British on the other, were often asymmetrical with the Muslim community undergoing an enormous change in terms of national/ethnic identity and class characteristics. Turkish Cypriot nationalism developed belatedly as a militant nationalist and anti-Enosis movement. This book explores the relationship between the emergence of Turkish national identity and British colonial rule in the 1920s and 1930s.
Book Synopsis Cyprus in the 1930s by : Alexis Rappas
Download or read book Cyprus in the 1930s written by Alexis Rappas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the unification of Cyprus proved impossible? The existing literature looks to the 1950s, and the formation of EOKA under George Grivas. Here, Alexis Rappas challenges the dominance of that starting point in the current histories of the island, showing that the key to the conflict between the British Empire and Greek Cypriots lies in the disputes of the 1930s. Cyprus in the 1930s charts the history of the island in this period, and details British attempts to impose a homogeneous 'Cypriot' culture onto a diverse and divided population. Community leaders and the hierarchy of the Church, who had functioned as bridges between local interests, were marginalised as Britain attempted to engineer unification through education and social policy. The result was a radicalisation of both Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot identity. Based on new primary source material from Britain, Cyprus and Greece. Rappas analyses British state-building and the role of Cypriot ethnicities in the formation of modern Cyprus.
Book Synopsis Sweet and Bitter Island by : Tabitha Morgan
Download or read book Sweet and Bitter Island written by Tabitha Morgan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a sweltering day in July 1878, the men of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - the Black Watch - waded ashore at Larnaca Bay to begin the British occupation of Cyprus. Today, Britons on sunbeds colonise the same stretch of sand, the latest visitors to an island which has long held a special place in the English imagination - and a controversial role in British imperial ambitions. From Britain's acquisition of the island in 1878 up to independence in 1960, a true understanding of the complexity of Cypriot society and its aspirations eluded most British administrators. In the late 19th century, the British worked furiously to outmanoeuvre a restless Russian Empire bent on southward expansion. In this 'Great Game' of superpowers, few episodes were bolder than the British acquisition of Cyprus through a secret treaty with the Ottoman Empire. Initially considered strategically vital for the defence of India, the island soon lost its importance as a military staging post, when Britain occupied Egypt. Nevertheless, Cyprus became a major centre of Allied espionage and counter-espionage in both World Wars - a role that up to now has never been fully revealed. But despite the island's importance, British rule on Cyprus was often somewhat lackadaisical: low salaries resulted in a colourful staff of hard drinking colonial rejects and scholarly classicists of independent means. Disastrous governance combined with a misunderstanding by the British of the growing desire for enosis, the union of Cyprus with Greece, contributed to increasing Cypriot disillusionment with British rule. Drawing on largely unpublished material, Morgan reflects on why successive administrations failed so catastrophically to engage with their Cypriot subjects, and how social segregation, confusion about Cypriot identity and the poor calibre of so many administrators all contributed to the bloody guerilla conflict that led, finally, to Cypriot independence. Sweet and Bitter Island explores for the first time the unique bond between Britain and Cyprus and the complex, sometimes tense, relationship between the two nations which endures to the present day. Extensively researched and lyrically written, this is the definitive portrait of British colonial life on the Mediterranean island.
Book Synopsis Colonial and Postcolonial Cyprus by : Daniele Nunziata
Download or read book Colonial and Postcolonial Cyprus written by Daniele Nunziata and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses colonial and postcolonial writing about Cyprus, before and after its independence from the British Empire in 1960. These works are understood as ‘transportal literatures’ in that they navigate the liminal and layered forms of colonialism which impede the freedom of the island, including the residues of British imperialism, the impact of Greek and Turkish nationalisms, and the ethnolinguistic border between north and south. This study puts pressure on the postcolonial discipline by evaluating the unique hegemonic relationship Cyprus has with three metropolitan centres, not one. The print languages associated with each centre (English, Greek, and Turkish) are complicit in neo-colonial activity. Contemporary Cypriot writers address this in order to resist sectarian division and grapple with their deferred postcoloniality.
Book Synopsis Imperial Control in Cyprus by : Antigone Heraclidou
Download or read book Imperial Control in Cyprus written by Antigone Heraclidou and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Protectorate Cyprus, education was one of the most effective tools of imperial control and political manipulation used by the British. This book charts the cultural and educational aspects of British colonial rule in Cyprus and analyses what these policies reveal about the internal struggles on the island between 1931 and 1960. Cyprus had been under British occupation since 1878, but it was in the 1930s that educational policies acquired a strong political significance and became essential in preserving the British position on the island. The co-existence of two very strongly-held and eventually conflicting national identities in Cyprus, Greek-Orthodox and Turkish Muslim, inevitably led to the politicisation of education and culture on the island. Therefore, any attempts to impose British culture, language and way of thinking onto Cypriots, or even to create a distinct Cypriot identity, had very limited success. Gradually, the education system reflected the shifting political developments in colonial Cyprus. By the start of the 1950s, schools had become a breeding ground for discontent and between 1955 and 1959 they were an indispensable part of the EOKA revolt. In this book, Antigone Heraclidou provides a new dimension to the understanding and origins of the deadlock that was to prove one of the most intractable in the final years of the British Empire.
Book Synopsis Assassination in Colonial Cyprus in 1934 and the Origins of EOKA by : Andrekos Varnava
Download or read book Assassination in Colonial Cyprus in 1934 and the Origins of EOKA written by Andrekos Varnava and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the assassination of Antonios Triantafyllides, a leading Cypriot lawyer and politician, in British colonial Cyprus in January 1934. This event has been the infamous subject of rumours since its occurrence and a taboo subject for Cypriot society and historians alike, as the event has been silenced or dismissed. This book explores the assassination in its broadest possible context by situating it within the broader events within the British Empire, the region and the world more generally at that time. The basis for the exploration is a ‘community of records’ through which all the evidence is sifted, reading it both with and against the grain, in order to provide the most likely answer to who was really behind this mysterious cold case. Through rigorous analysis, this book concludes that those who most likely masterminded the assassination supported radical right-wing extremist pro-enosis nationalism and were subsequently also prominent in forming the EOKA terrorist group in the 1950s.
Book Synopsis Cyprus Under British Colonial Rule by : Christos P. Ioannides
Download or read book Cyprus Under British Colonial Rule written by Christos P. Ioannides and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines British rule in Cyprus from 1878 to 1954. The author analyzes the cultural and religious dimensions of Cypriot responses to British rule and the ways in which Greek Orthodox culture was a primary conduit for resistance to the colonial system.
Book Synopsis Protectorate Cyprus by : Gail Dallas Hook
Download or read book Protectorate Cyprus written by Gail Dallas Hook and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strategic outpost in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus was vital to British imperial ambitions in the East as the Ottoman Empire grew increasingly fragile in the nineteenth century. Here, Gail Dallas Hook describes the British occupation of Cyprus from 1878 to 1914, during which British government, science, and capital investment were installed alongside a new British colonial community, building 'British Cyprus' long before the island became a formal part of the British Empire. Protectorate Cyprus further demonstrates how the British attempted to bring 'good government' to Cyprus yet failed to resolve the issues of Muslim and Greek Orthodox divisions. It is a unique representation of Britain's 'informal empire' before World War I that has been little studied. Protectorate Cyprus is a crucial addition to the history of the British Empire.
Book Synopsis Cyprus by : Great Britain. Colonial Office
Download or read book Cyprus written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cyprus Frenzy of 1878 and the British Press by : Marinos Pourgouris
Download or read book The Cyprus Frenzy of 1878 and the British Press written by Marinos Pourgouris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the works of several newspaper correspondents who traveled to Cyprus in 1878 to cover the British acquisition of the island. The author analyzes the correspondents' relationships with the military establishment and the role of advertisements in propagating colonial discourse.
Book Synopsis Colonial Cyprus 1878 - 1960 by : Emilios Solomou
Download or read book Colonial Cyprus 1878 - 1960 written by Emilios Solomou and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Britain in Cyprus by : Hubert Faustmann
Download or read book Britain in Cyprus written by Hubert Faustmann and published by Harrassowitz. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seit 125 Jahren spielt Grossbritannien in der Geschichte, Gesellschaft und Kultur Zyperns eine bedeutende Rolle. Zwischen 1878 und 1960 war Zypern eine britische Kolonie und wahrend dieser Zeit entstanden die zahlreiche Charakteristika der modernen zypriotischen Gesellschaft.Von 1955 bis 1959 kampfte die griechisch-zypriotische Untergrundarmee EOKA fur ein Ende der Kolonialherrschaft und die Vereinigung der Insel mit Griechenland. Der Konflikt, der auch zu burgerkriegsahnlichen Auseinandersetzungen mit der turkisch-zypriotischen Volksgruppe und fast zum Krieg zwischen Griechenland und der Turkei fuhrte, endete mit einem Kompromiss, den keiner gewollt hatte: der unabhangigen Republik Zypern. Bis heute wird Grossbritannien beschuldigt, die Hauptverantwortung fur die Entstehung dieses Konfliktes und seine Eskalation in den 50er Jahren zu tragen.Auch nach der Unabhangigkeit spielten die Briten in der Geschichte der Insel eine besondere und ausserst umstrittene Rolle. Als Garantiemacht teilten sie sich zusammen mit Griechenland und der Turkei die Verantwortung fur die Bewahrung der verfassungsmassigen Ordnung und territorialen Integritat der Insel Zudem behielten die Briten zwei souverane Militarbasen, die sie bis heute als koloniale Relikte nutzen.1963 brach die verfassungsmassige Ordnung der Republik zusammen, es kam erneut zum Burgerkrieg. Der Konflikt zwischen beiden Volksgruppen und ihren "Mutterlandern" Griechenland und Turkei kulminierte 1974 in einem Coup d''Etat der Militarjunta in Athen gegen den griechisch-zypriotischen Prasidenten Makarios, den die Turkei mit einer Invasion der Insel beantwortete, der zu der bis heute andauernden Teilung der Insel fuhrte. Grossbritannien wird beschuldigt, als Garantiemacht seit 1963 versagt zu haben. Lassen sich diese Anschuldigungen halten?Das vorliegende Buch enthalt die bislang umfassendste Darstellung der britisch-zypriotischen Beziehungen zwischen 1878 und dem heutigen Tage. Mehr als 40 Arbeiten von anerkannten Zypernexperten beleuchten die Rolle, die Grossbritannien bei der Entstehung und im Verlauf des Zypernkonfliktes bis heute spielte.Die historisch-politische Analyse wird durch eine Reihe von weiteren Arbeiten erganzt, die sich mit soziologischen, anthropologischen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Aspekten der britisch-zypriotischen Beziehungen beschaftigen.Das Publikation beinhaltet eine Fulle bislang unveroffentlichter Forschungsergebnisse und ist ein Muss fur jeden, der sich fur britisch-zypriotischen Beziehungen, die moderne zypriotische Geschichte sowie fur Kolonialismus und seine Auswirkungen interessiert.Britain played an important role in Cypriot history, society and culture during the last 125 years. Cyprus was a British colony from 1878 to 1960 and during this period many of the features of modern Cypriot society were shaped.Between 1955 and 1959 EOKA, a Greek-Cypriot underground organisation, fought an armed struggle for union of the island with Greece. This conflict resulted also in civil strife between the Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot communities and led to the involvement of Greece and Turkey which came to the brink of war over the island. In the end a compromise was found nobody had wished for: independence. Until today Britain is accused of carrying the main responsibility for the emergence and escalation of the Cyprus conflict through a consistent policy of divide and rule.Britain also played an important role in the history of the island after independence. The UK shared together with Greece and Turkey the responsibility for the preservation of the constitutional order and the territorial integrity of the island. Moreover, Britain retained two sovereign military bases as colonial relics.In 1963 the constitutional order of the Republic broke down resulting in renewed armed conflict between the two communities. The unresolved conflict between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots as well as their "mother countries" culminated in a Greek coup d''etat against the Greek Cypriot president Makarios and an ensuing Turkish invasion in 1974, which led to the current division of the island. Britain is accused of having failed to live up to its responsibilities as a Guarantor power. Are all these accusations justified?This book contains the most comprehensive analysis of the relations between Great Britain and Cyprus from 1878 to the present day. More than 40 eminent scholars assess the British role in the emergence and the historical course of the Cyprus problem as well as the British-Cypriot relations after independence.The historical-political analysis is enriched by a number of articles dealing with sociological, anthropological, economic and cultural aspects of British-Cypriot relations.This book is an essential source for anybody interested in British-Cypriot relations, modern Cypriot history as well as Colonialism and Post-Colonialism.ContentsIntroduction: Hubert Faustmann and Nicos Peristianis 7Heinz A Richter The Grand Game, the Balkans, the Congress of Berlin and Cyprus 11Diana Markides Cyprus 1878-1925: Ambiguities and Uncertainties 19Andrekos Varnava "Cyprus is of no use to anybody": The Pawn, 1878-1915 35Mike Hajimichael Revisiting Thomson - The Colonial Eye and Cyprus 61Rebecca Bryant Signatures and ''Simple Ones'': Constituting a Public in Cyprus, circa 1900 79Marios Constantinou Rethinking Max Weber''s Sociology of Domination in Colonial Context: A Micro-Macro Framework for a Theory of Authority Relevant to the Case of Cyprus 99Heinz A Richter Benevolent Autocracy 1931-1945 133Martin Strohmeier "I''d rather have it in Cyprus than nowhere": A Plan for a British University in the Near East (1935-1940) 151Jan Asmussen "Dark-skinned Cypriots will not be accepted!" Cypriots in the British Army 1939-1945 167George H Kelling British Policy in Cyprus 1945-1955. The Pigeons Come Home to Roost 187Evanthis Hatzivassiliou British Strategic Priorities and the Cyprus Question, 1954-1958 199Makarios Drousiotis The Greco-Turkish ''Para-State'' and Cyprus 1947-1960 211Nicos Peristianis The Rise of the Left and of the Intra-Ethnic Cleavage 233Vassilis Protopapas The Rise of a Bi-Polar Party System, Municipal Elections 1940-1955 269Christophoros Christophorou The Emergence of Modern Politics 1940-1960 295Niyazi Kizilyurek The Turkish Cypriots from an Ottoman-Muslim Community to a National Community 315Huseyin Mehmet Atesin The Process of Secularisation of the Turkish Community 1925-1975 327Dimitra Karoulla-Vrikki Language and Ethnicity in Cyprus under the British: A Linkage of Heightened Salience 343Petra Tournay-Theodotou The Empire Writes Back: Anti-Colonial Nationalism in Costas Montis'' Closed Doors and Rodis Roufos'' The Age of Bronze 359Rita C Severis Travelling Artists in Cyprus: Art, Identity and Politics 381Hubert Faustmann Independence Postponed: Cyprus 1959-1960 413Hansjorg Brey The Cypriot Economy under British Rule and the Economic Heritage of the British Period 431Robert Holland The Historiography of Late Colonial Cyprus: Where Do We Go from Here? 445Joseph S Joseph The Political Context and Consequences of the London and Zurich Agreements 453Brendan O''Malley The Impact of British Strategic Interests on the Cyprus Problem 473Claude Nicolet Lack of Concern, Will and Power: British Policy towards Cyprus, 1960-1974 491Klearchos A Kyriakides The Sovereign Base Areas and British Defence Policy Since 1960 511Oliver P Richmond Decolonisation and Post-Independence Causes of Conflict: Mapping the Case of Cyprus 535James Ker-Lindsay The Joint Truce Force in Cyprus, December 1963-March 1964 561Alan James Britain and the Crisis of 1963-1964. The Manifestation of a Special Interest 573Keith Kyle British Policy on Cyprus 1974-2004 583Tim Potier Britain and Cyprus: From Referendum to Reunification? 607DocumentsPeter Loizos HajiMatheos HajiNikolas - A Home-Grown Radical Thinker 631HajiMatheos HajiNikola The Agrarian Class in Cyprus 637George Vassiliou Britain and the EU Accession of Cyprus 653
Book Synopsis Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959 by : Robert Holland
Download or read book Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959 written by Robert Holland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Charting the `inner history' of a violent colonial Emergency, it provides a case-study of the dilemmas posed by the challenge of terrorism overseas after 1945.Robert Holland analyses the evolution of a political settlement which, almost uniquely in the British `end of empire', slid beyond the United Kingdom's control. He considers the effects of the revolt on the politics of the surrounding region, particularly in relation to the emerging ethnic struggle between Greeks and Turks. His work offers a fresh perspective on Mediterranean and Middle Eastern developments, including the involvement of NATO and the United States, in the age of the Suez Crisisand its aftermath.This account is essential reading for anybody interested in the liquidation of the British Empire, the breakdown of ethnic co-existence under intense pressure, and the effects of regional destabilization on the wider international system.
