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1 online resource (384 pages) |
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International library of colonial history ; 14 |
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List of FiguresINTRODUCTIONTHEME 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 1878Cyprus in the British imaginationPhotographersVisions of wealthCyprus and the British MuseumChapter Three: The beginnings of British CyprusSir Garnet Wolseley, first High Commissioner of CyprusWolseley's menChapter Four: The foundations of 'good government'Representative government and the court systemThe reform of the ZaptiehsPublic works and the problem of the tributeImperial maps and land tenure Chapter Five: Governing the plural societyDefining the plural society on CyprusThe plural society after 1878Politics in Turkish and Greek schoolsTHEME II: 'A RICH REWARD TO CAPITALISTS AND LABOUR'Chapter Six: Revenue for the EmpireCommerce and trade before 1878The colonies as Imperial resource: Commerce and trade after 1878The Cyprus wine tradeChapter Seven: Sanitation, reforestation, and colonial scienceSanitation and the problem of diseaseThe problems of locusts and goatsReforestation and the botanical expertsChapter Eight: Cyprus as Imperial EstateCyprus development and Colonial Office cooperationWalter Sendall and Cyprus developmentTHEME III: THE MANTLE OF BRITISHNESSChapter Nine: Britishness in CyprusBritishness in Ottoman CyprusBritish women in Cyprus Religion, missions, and social progress |
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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SUBJECT |
Cyprus -- History -- British rule, 1878-1960.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97006055
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Cyprus -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Cyprus -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Cyprus -- Politics and government -- 19th century
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Cyprus -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Cyprus
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History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780857738974 |
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0857738976 |
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9781786739506 |
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178673950X |
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