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1 online resource (xxii, 357 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Part I: New Perspectives -- Chapter 1: The Greek Revolution 200 Years On: New Perspectives and Legacies -- The War -- Historiography -- Book Outline -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 2: The Transnational Foundations of the Greek Revolution of 1821 -- The Mediterranean World in a State of Flux -- Displacement, Exile and the Transnational Origins of Revolutionary Patriotism -- A Political Exile Turned Mercenary, Turned Revolutionary -- Or the Making of a Patriot -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography |
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Chapter 3: New Perspectives in Local Societies During the Greek War of Independence: The Consular Experience in the Aegean -- Before the Revolution -- Research Trends -- The Vice-Consul of Santorini: Christodoulos Gizi (Gisis) -- The Revolution in Santorini -- Survival Strategies During the 'War of Independence' -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Greece of the North?: Philhellenism, Hellenism, and Contemporary Perspectives of the Greek War of Independence in Iceland -- Magnús Stephensen -- Finnur Magnússon -- Greece of the North -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography |
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Part II: Myths and Realities -- Chapter 5: A Local Uprising in an Ottoman Province? Mora/Morea, March 1821 -- Using the Ottoman Framework to Expand on Power -- Expanding Power by Being Part of the State -- Expanding Power by Being Contractor of the State -- Expanding Power by Connecting to the State -- Rivalries and Alliances -- Venturing to Change the System -- Plotting Against the Governor -- Changing the System -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Migrations, Exodus, and Resettlement during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) -- Introduction |
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The Exodus of Peloponnesian Muslims -- Ottoman Amnesty and Return of Ottoman Greeks -- In Lieu of Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Privateering during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829): Issues of Legitimacy, Organisation, and Economics of a War-Induced Practice -- The Powerful Greek Commercial Shipping -- Privateering, Corsairing, or Piracy? -- Privateering -- The Organisation and the Economics of Privateering -- Prizes and Maritime Courts -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Chapter 8: The United States as a Haven for Greek Revolutionary War Orphans? Myth and Reality |
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Introduction -- Origins and Rescue Stories -- Meeting Missionaries -- Education in New England -- The Greeks Need Missionaries -- Running from Rescue -- Garifalia Mohalb(e)y -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Part III: Legacies and Reflections -- Chapter 9: Cyprus and 1821: Myths, Realities and Legacies -- Cyprus, the Greek War of Independence and Its Immediate Aftermath -- The Execution Myth -- The Mass Emigration Myth -- After the Greek War of Independence: Forgetting, 'Remembering' and Terrorism -- Commemorating the Greek War of Independence During the British Period |
| Summary |
This book marks the 200-year anniversary of uprisings in the Ottoman Balkans between February and March 1821, which became known in the West as the beginnings of the Greek War of Independence (182132) and led to the formation of the modern Greek state. It explores the war and its impact on societies involved by delving into the myths that surround it, the realities that have often been ignored or suppressed, and its lasting legacies on national identities and histories. It also explores memory and commemoration in Greece, in other countries impacted, and the Greek diaspora. This book offers a fresh perspective on this pivotal event in Greek, Ottoman, Balkan, Mediterranean, European, and world histories. Yianni Cartledge is a PhD candidate at Flinders University, South Australia. His research explores migration from the Aegean islands to the Anglosphere between 1815-1945. His current case studies include the Ikarians of South Australia and Chiots of London. This is his first edited volume. Andrekos Varnava is Professor of Imperial History at Flinders University, South Australia. He has published four monographs and more than 50 peer-reviewed articles/book chapters on the history of the British Empire, specifically in Cyprus, on the Armenian Question, and on British and Australian migration histories. This is his eleventh edited volume. |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 9, 2022) |
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European history.
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Political science & theory.
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Social & cultural history.
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History: earliest times to present day.
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History -- Europe -- General.
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Political Science -- History & Theory.
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History -- Social History.
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History -- Modern -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- History -- War of Independence, 1821-1829.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057095
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Greece
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cartledge, Yianni, editor
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Varnava, Andrekos, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783031108495 |
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3031108493 |
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