Xenocracy

• Verfasst von: Gekas, Sakis [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Xenocracy
• Titelzusatz: state, class and colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864
• Verf.angabe: Sakis Gekas
• Verlagsort: New York ; Oxford
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: [2017]
• Umfang: xi, 368 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-78533-261-6
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1621597873

Abstract

"Of the many European territorial reconfigurations to result from the Congress of Vienna, the Ionian State remains among the least understood. Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the region during the ensuing half-century of oversight by Great Britain--a period that embodied all of the contradictions of British imperial expansion. Administrators deliberately pursued liberal reforms and fostered the growth of a middle class that was instrumental in building the colonial state. However, Ionian finances deteriorated and fissures appeared along class lines, presenting a significant threat to social stability. As author Sakis Gekas shows, the ordeal fueled an ambivalence toward Western Europe, anticipating the 'neocolonial' condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today"--From publisher's website