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British Imperialism in Cyprus, 18781915 - The Inconsequential Possession

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Informationen zum Autor Andrekos Varnava is Associate Professor in Modern History at Flinders University Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Historicising the British possession of Cyprus: The contexts2. Cyprus from Richard Coeur de Lion to Disraeli: The imperial imagination3. 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' possession7. Cyprus' strategic place in the British imperial structure: The backwater8. 'Cyprus is of no use to anybody': The pawnConclusionBibliographyAppendicesIndex

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