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

By Sakis Gekas

Of the many European territorial reconfigurations that followed the wars of the early nineteenth century, the Ionian State remains among the least understood. Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the region during its half-century as a Protectorate of Great Britain - a period that embodied all of the contradictions of British colonialism. A middle class of merchants, lawyers and state officials embraced and promoted a liberal modernization project. Yet despite the improvements experienced by many Ionians, the deterioration of state finances led to divisions along class lines and presented a significant threat to social stability. Sakis Gekas shows that the impasse engendered de- pendency upon and ambivalence toward Western Europe, anticipating the 'neocolonial' condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785332619
• ISBN13: 9781785332616
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"