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Informationen zum Autor Gail Ruth Hook completed her PhD in British and Imperial History at the University of Texas where she was supervised by Wm. Roger Louis. She is teaching at George Mason University. Cyprus was crucial to British imperial ambitions in the East as the Ottoman Empire became increasingly fragile in the nineteenth century. This title assesses education and labour policy, agriculture, harbour development and tourism and demonstrates the impact of British colonialism on the Cypriot population. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresINTRODUCTIONTHEME I: “a duty to protect and improve”Chapter One: British informal influence in Ottoman Cyprus Strategy and the “good government” argument British consuls in Cyprus before 1878 Chapter Two: Britons and Cyprus in 1878Cyprus in the British imaginationPhotographersVisions of wealthCyprus and the British MuseumChapter Three: The beginnings of British CyprusSir Garnet Wolseley, first High Commissioner of CyprusWolseley’s menChapter Four: The foundations of “good government”Representative government and the court systemThe reform of the ZaptiehsPublic works and the problem of the tributeImperial maps and land tenure Chapter Five: Governing the plural societyDefining the plural society on CyprusThe plural society after 1878Politics in Turkish and Greek schoolsTHEME II: “A RICH REWARD TO CAPITALISTS AND LABOUR”Chapter Six: Revenue for the EmpireCommerce and trade before 1878The colonies as Imperial resource: Commerce and trade after 1878The Cyprus wine tradeChapter Seven: Sanitation, reforestation, and colonial scienceSanitation and the problem of diseaseThe problems of locusts and goatsReforestation and the botanical expertsChapter Eight: Cyprus as Imperial EstateCyprus development and Colonial Office cooperationWalter Sendall and Cyprus developmentTHEME III: THE MANTLE OF BRITISHNESSChapter Nine: Britishness in CyprusBritishness in Ottoman CyprusBritish women in Cyprus Religion, missions, and social progress...
