New perspectives on the Greek War of Independence : myths, realities, legacies and reflections / / edited by Yianni Cartledge, Andrekos Varnava

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 pages)
• Disciplina: 002
• Soggetto topico: War
• Persona (resp. second.): CartledgeYianni; VarnavaAndrekos
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Part I: New Perspectives -- Chapter 1: The Greek Revolution 200 Years On: New Perspectives and Legacies -- The War -- Historiography -- Book Outline -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Transnational Foundations of the Greek Revolution of 1821 -- The Mediterranean World in a State of Flux -- Displacement, Exile and the Transnational Origins of Revolutionary Patriotism -- A Political Exile Turned Mercenary, Turned Revolutionary -- Or the Making of a Patriot -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 3: New Perspectives in Local Societies During the Greek War of Independence: The Consular Experience in the Aegean -- Before the Revolution -- Research Trends -- The Vice-Consul of Santorini: Christodoulos Gizi (Gisis) -- The Revolution in Santorini -- Survival Strategies During the 'War of Independence' -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Greece of the North?: Philhellenism, Hellenism, and Contemporary Perspectives of the Greek War of Independence in Iceland -- Magnús Stephensen -- Finnur Magnússon -- Greece of the North -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Part II: Myths and Realities -- Chapter 5: A Local Uprising in an Ottoman Province? Mora/Morea, March 1821 -- Using the Ottoman Framework to Expand on Power -- Expanding Power by Being Part of the State -- Expanding Power by Being Contractor of the State -- Expanding Power by Connecting to the State -- Rivalries and Alliances -- Venturing to Change the System -- Plotting Against the Governor -- Changing the System -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Migrations, Exodus, and Resettlement during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) -- Introduction -- The Exodus of Peloponnesian Muslims -- Ottoman Amnesty and Return of Ottoman Greeks -- In Lieu of Conclusion. ; Select Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Privateering during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829): Issues of Legitimacy, Organisation, and Economics of a War-Induced Practice -- The Powerful Greek Commercial Shipping -- Privateering, Corsairing, or Piracy? -- Privateering -- The Organisation and the Economics of Privateering -- Prizes and Maritime Courts -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 8: The United States as a Haven for Greek Revolutionary War Orphans? Myth and Reality -- Introduction -- Origins and Rescue Stories -- Meeting Missionaries -- Education in New England -- The Greeks Need Missionaries -- Running from Rescue -- Garifalia Mohalb(e)y -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Part III: Legacies and Reflections -- Chapter 9: Cyprus and 1821: Myths, Realities and Legacies -- Cyprus, the Greek War of Independence and Its Immediate Aftermath -- The Execution Myth -- The Mass Emigration Myth -- After the Greek War of Independence: Forgetting, 'Remembering' and Terrorism -- Commemorating the Greek War of Independence During the British Period -- EREK, EOKA and the Greek War of Independence -- Commemorating the Greek War of Independence in Cyprus During the Republican Period -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 10: The Chios Massacre (1822) and Chiot Emigration: A Coerced Diaspora -- The Chios Massacre in Context -- Chiot Emigration Before the Massacre -- Emigration After the Massacre -- In London -- Modern Legacy -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 11: Devoted to the Cause of Freedom: Jonathan Peckham Miller, Philhellenism, and the Transatlantic Struggle for Liberation -- Introduction -- Jonathan Peckham Miller's Background -- The Greek War of Independence -- Miller in Greece: War Period (1824-1826) -- Miller in Greece: Philanthropic Period (1827-1828) -- Miller the Vermont Politician and Abolitionist. ; Slavery and Transatlantic Liberation: Connecting Greece and the United States -- Revolutionary or Crusader?: Miller's Philhellenism and Christian Faith -- Epilogue -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 12: Russian Historiography and the Greek Revolution: Trends and Interpretations (1821-2021) -- The Year 1821 and Russian Publicistic Literature -- Imperial Russian Historians and the Greek Question -- Modern Greek Studies: From Late Imperial to Twenty-First Century Russia -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 13: The Shot Heard Round the World: The Greek Revolution's Legacy in Poetry -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 14: Greek Independence and Its Significance to the Development of International Law -- The Nation-State -- Self-Determination -- The Ottoman Era -- The Greek War of Independence in Wider Dialogue -- The International Verdict -- Legacy of Greek Independence -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: New perspectives on the Greek War of Independence
• ISBN: 3-031-10849-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910632474603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II