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Xenocracy : State, Class and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864

Gekas, Sakis, author

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\"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.

• Publisher: Berghahn
• Subject: 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.
• ISBN: 9781785332616

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