Britain and the Hellenes : struggles for mastery in the eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960 / / Robert Holland and Diana Markides
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| Autore: |
Holland R. F (Robert F.)
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| Titolo: |
Britain and the Hellenes : struggles for mastery in the eastern Mediterranean 1850-1960 / / Robert Holland and Diana Markides
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 327.410495/09 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Greece Foreign relations Great Britain |
| Great Britain Foreign relations Greece | |
| Greece Foreign relations 1821-1862 | |
| Greece Foreign relations 1863-1917 | |
| Greece Foreign relations 20th century | |
| Great Britain Foreign relations 1837-1901 | |
| Great Britain Foreign relations 20th century | |
| Altri autori: |
MarkidesDiana Weston
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; 1. The British and the Hellenes; 2. Gladstone and the Greeks: The Extraordinary Mission to the Ionian Islands, 1858-1859; 3. The Abandonment of the Ionian Protectorate, 1859-1864; 4. The End of Ottoman Power in Crete, 1894-1898; 5. An Unfortunate Regime: The Experiment of Cretan Autonomy, 1898-1906; 6. Britain, the Balkans and the Climax of Cretan Union, 1906-1913; 7. The Peculiarity of Cyprus, 1878-1931; 8. The Dodecanese Experience, 1939-1948; 9. Mastery and Despair: Cyprus, 1931-1960; 10. Love, Deception and Anglo-Hellenic Politics; Sources and Bibliography Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The age of nationalism in the eastern Mediterranean world began with the Greek revolt against Turkish rule in the 1820's. This book explores the power struggles which followed, focusing in particular on Britain's role in the expansion of Greece as an independent nation-state. The book traces events from these nineteenth-century origins right up to the travails of British colonial rule in Cyprus and its ending in 1960. - ;The Greek revolt against Turkish rule in the 1820's, and the ensuing establishment of an independent Hellenic Kingdom, was the principal precursor of an age of nationalism |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Britain and the Hellenes |
| ISBN: | 1-383-03894-5 |
| 1-280-90510-7 | |
| 0-19-155468-5 | |
| 1-4356-4116-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781835403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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