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020 _a9781784533052 (paperback) :
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082 0 4 _a956.9303
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_bMOR-S
100 1 _aMorgan, Tabitha,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSweet and bitter island :
_h[Book] :
_ba history of the British in Cyprus /
_cTabitha Morgan.
250 _aNew paperback edition.
263 _a201502
264 1 _aLondon :
_bI.B. Tauris,
_c2015.
300 _axvii, 302 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm.
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_2rdacontent
336 _acartographic image
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500 _aOriginally published: 2010.
520 _aOn 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 colonize 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a special place in the English imagination?and a controversial role in British imperial ambitions.Drawing on largely unpublished material, Tabitha Morgan reflects on why successive administrations failed, so catastrophically, to engage with their Cypriot subjects, and how social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.
521 _aAll.
650 0 _aCyprus
_zHistory
_xBritish rule, 1878-1960.
650 0 _aCyprus
_zHistory
_xCyprus Crisis, 1963.
650 0 _aCyprus
_zSocial conditions
_x1960-.
650 0 _aCyprus
_zPolitics and government.
852 _p53981
_91827.95
_vMulti-Line Books Lahore CUI Lahore
_dBooks
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