Serving the empire in the Great War : the Cypriot Mule Corps, imperial loyalty and silenced memory /

This book contributes to the growing literature on the role of the British non-settler empire in the Great War by exploring the service of the Cypriot Mule Corps on the Salonica Front, and after the war in Constantinople.

書誌詳細
第一著者: Varnava, Andrekos (著者)
その他の著者: Thompson, Andrew (編集者)
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
シリーズ:Studies in Imperialism online (Manchester, England)
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21996457
目次:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Historiography and theories
  • 2. British Cyprus, 1878-1918: from backwater to bustling warbase
  • 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.