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BL
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855977
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| Main Entry
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Gekas, Sakis
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| Title & Author
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Xenocracy : : state, class, and colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864 /\ Sakis Gekas.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Berghahn,, [2017]
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, ©2017
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1 online resource (xi, 368 pages) :: illustrations, map
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| ISBN
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1785332627
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: 9781785332623
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1785332619
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9781785332616
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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?
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| Abstract
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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"--Publisher's website.
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Congress of Vienna, (1814-1815)-- Influence.
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Congress of Vienna.
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Imperialism-- History-- 19th century.
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Social change-- Greece-- Ionian Islands-- History-- 19th century.
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Social classes-- Greece-- Ionian Islands-- History-- 19th century.
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British colonies.
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Colonial influence.
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Colonies-- Administration.
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Economic history.
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HISTORY / Europe / Greece
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HISTORY-- Europe-- General.
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Imperialism.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Politics and government.
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Social change.
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Social classes.
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Social conditions.
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Territorial expansion.
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Great Britain, Colonies, Administration, History, 19th century.
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Great Britain, Territorial expansion, History, 19th century.
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Ionian Islands (Greece), Colonial influence, History, 19th century.
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Ionian Islands (Greece), Economic conditions, 19th century.
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Ionian Islands (Greece), Politics and government, 19th century.
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Ionian Islands (Greece), Social conditions, 19th century.
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Great Britain.
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Greece, Ionian Islands.
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| Dewey Classification
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949.5/5072
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| LC Classification
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DF261.I6G44 2017eb
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