Protectorate Cyprus : British imperial power before WWI / by Gail Dallas Hook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hook, Gail Dallas, author.

Series:

International library of colonial history ; Volume 14.

International Library of Colonial History ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Cyprus--History--19th century.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Education--Cyprus--History--19th century.

Education.

Education--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Labor policy--Cyprus--History--19th century.

Labor policy.

Labor policy--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Tourism--Cyprus--History--19th century.

Tourism.

Tourism--Cyprus--History--20th century.

Cyprus--History--British rule, 1878-1960.

Cyprus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Figures

INTRODUCTION THEME 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 1878 Cyprus in the British imagination Photographers Visions of wealth Cyprus and the British Museum

Chapter Three: The beginnings of British Cyprus Sir Garnet Wolseley, first High Commissioner of Cyprus Wolseley's men

Chapter Four: The foundations of "good government" Representative government and the court system The reform of the Zaptiehs Public works and the problem of the tribute Imperial maps and land tenure

Chapter Five: Governing the plural society Defining the plural society on Cyprus The plural society after 1878 Politics in Turkish and Greek schools THEME II: "A RICH REWARD TO CAPITALISTS AND LABOUR"

Chapter Six: Revenue for the Empire Commerce and trade before 1878 The colonies as Imperial resource: Commerce and trade after 1878 The Cyprus wine trade

Chapter Seven: Sanitation, reforestation, and colonial science Sanitation and the problem of disease The problems of locusts and goats Reforestation and the botanical experts

Chapter Eight: Cyprus as Imperial Estate Cyprus development and Colonial Office cooperation Walter Sendall and Cyprus development THEME III: THE MANTLE OF BRITISHNESS

Chapter Nine: Britishness in Cyprus Britishness in Ottoman Cyprus British women in Cyprus Religion, missions, and social progress.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755623624

0755623622

9781786739506

178673950X

OCLC:

1158580594