Andrekos Varnava

Serving the empire in the Great War

The Cypriot Mule Corps, imperial loyalty and silenced memory

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the role of both mules and mule drivers to the British war effort and in particular the social and economic aspects of the Cypriot contribution to the Great War. It also questions why Cypriots forgot this extraordinary contribution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 625g
• ISBN-13: 9781526103673
• ISBN-10: 1526103672
• Artikelnr.: 47546179

Autorenporträt

Andrekos Varnava is Professor in Imperial and Military History at the Flinders University of South Australia and Honorary Professor at De Montfort University, Leicester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Historiography and theories 2 British Cyprus, 1878-1918:
from backwater to bustling war base 3 The formation of the Cypriot Mule
Corps 4 Mule and muleteer recruitment: pushed or pulled? 5 Contracts,
challenges, hardships and the 'liminal space' 6 Conditions for mules and
muleteers 7 Muleteer behaviour during service 8 Veterans and their families
after service 9 Remembering and forgetting the Cypriot Mule Corps
Conclusion Select bibliography Index