Serving the Empire in the Great War - The Cypriot Mule Corps, Imperial Loyalty and Silenced Memory

Informationen zum Autor Andrekos Varnava is Associate Professor in Modern History at Flinders University Klappentext Explores the role of both mules and mule drivers to the British war effort and in particular the social and economic aspects of the Cypriot contribution to the Great War. It also questions why Cypriots forgot this extraordinary contribution. Zusammenfassung Explores the role of both mules and mule drivers to the British war effort and in particular the social and economic aspects of the Cypriot contribution to the Great War. It also questions why Cypriots forgot this extraordinary contribution. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Historiography and theories 2 British Cyprus, 1878-1918: from backwater to bustling warbase 3 The formation of the Cypriot Mule Corps 4 Mule and muleteer recruitment: pushed or pulled? 5 Contracts, challenges, hardships and the 'liminal space' 6 Conditions for mules and muleteers 7 Muleteer behaviour during service 8 Veterans and their families after service9 Remembering and forgetting the Cypriot Mule CorpsConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Andrekos Varnava
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2017
• EAN: 9781526103673
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0367-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous