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About the Author
Christos P. Ioannides is associate professor and director of the Center for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at Queens College.
Reviews
This is a most impressive and thorough work on British colonialism in Cyprus. Christos P. Ioannides writes with the literary skills of a novelist, the in-depth and profound understanding of a native son, and the dispassionate objectivity of a mature and seasoned scholar. This study is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the cultural and historical forces that led to the violent rebellion of Greek Cypriots against British rule during the 1950s. It is destined to remain the definitive work on British colonialism in Cyprus for many years to come. -- Kyriacos C. Markides, University of Maine
This book is the product of exhaustive work and an admirable reflection of the author's Hellenic and American education, deep knowledge of Cypriot history, and extensive field research in Cyprus, Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. Drawing on church teachings, folkloric traditions, and other forms of cultural expression, Christos P. Ioannides demonstrates that the Cypriot struggle for Enosis was an outgrowth of Greek irredentism aiming to liberate unredeemed Hellenes. Informed and led by the Orthodox Church, the anti-colonial campaign was fuelled by a fusion of religious-based culture and liberation ideology. The British remained alien to Greek Orthodox culture and dismissed the Enosis movement as an urban phenomenon lacking support among the rural masses, the same way the Americans failed to see the interweaving of religion and politics in Iran a few decades later. Ioannides' work shows that the intersection of culture and politics can be a formidable engine of nationalism and revolution. -- Constantine P. Danopoulos, San Jose State University
Book Information
ISBN 9781498582025
Author Christos P. Ioannides
Format Hardback
Page Count 340
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 649g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 162mm * 30mm