Sweet and Bitter Island - A History of the British in Cyprus
Fiyatı: 1071 TL
Yazar: Tabitha Morgan
Yayınevi: I. B. Tauris
Sayfa sayısı: 302
Kapak türü: Ciltli
Kağıt türü: 2. Hamur
Dil: İngilizce
Baskı: 2010
Barkod: 9781784533052
On a sweltering day in July, 1878 the men of the 42nd Royal Highlanders - the Black Watch - waded ashore at Larnaca Bay to begin the British occupation of Cyprus. Today, Britons on sunbeds colonise the same stretch of sand, the latest visitors to an island which has long held a special place in the English imagination - and a controversial role in British imperial ambitions. Drawing on largely unpublished material, Tabitha Morgan reflects on why successive administrations failed, so catastrophically, to engage with their Cypriot subjects, and how social segregation, confusion about Cypriot identity and the poor calibre of so many administrators all contributed to the bloody conflict that led, finally, to Cypriot independence in 1960. 'Sweet and Bitter Island' explores for the first time the unique bond between Britain and Cyprus and the complex, sometimes tense, relationship between the two nations which endures to the present day. Extensively researched and lyrically written, this is the definitive portrait of British colonial life on the Mediterranean island.