Xenocracy : state, class, and colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864

Author/Creator:

Gekas, Sakis, author

Publication/Creation:

New York : Berghahn, [2017]

Format:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Full Title:

Xenocracy : state, class, and colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864 / Sakis Gekas

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Congress of Vienna(1814-1815)--Influence
Social classes--Greece--Ionian Islands--History--19th century
Social change--Greece--Ionian Islands--History--19th century
Imperialism--History--19th century
Ionian Islands (Greece)--Politics and government--19th century
Ionian Islands (Greece)--Social conditions--19th century
Ionian Islands (Greece)--Economic conditions--19th century
Ionian Islands (Greece)--Colonial influence--History--19th century
Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--19th century
Great Britain--Territorial expansion--History--19th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The first Greek state and the origins of colonial governmentality -- Building the colonial state -- Law, colonialism and state formation -- Colonial knowledge and the making of Ionian governmentality -- "A true and hateful monopoly" : merchants and the state -- State finances and the cost of protection -- Building a modern state : public works and public spaces -- "Progress" : state policies for Ionian development -- Poverty, the state and the middle class -- The literati and the liberali : the making of the Ionian bourgeoisie -- Conclusion: 1864 : the end of colonial rule?

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 368 pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936612289602486

ISBN:

9781785332616
1785332619

OCLC Number:

954719892

Barcode:

010002972249