... frequently given for the continued British occupation of the country. Yet when financial solvency was pursued at the cost of destroying local industries, allowing trade and commerce to fall into British or other foreign hands, and denuding the majority of their country’s wealth in favour of foreigners...

... Romaic Aeolodoric epic national Legrand Emile Sathas Konstantinos Greek history Ionian Islands minority languages katharevousa demotic British occupation national folklore According to K. Th. Dimaras, the Greek revolution of 1821 marks a radical cultural break: the polemics cease...

...This chapter describes the legal history of the new form of domination which can be called “governing without sovereignty.” It begins by looking at the British occupation of the Ottoman khedivate of Egypt that began in 1882, which was one of the first experiments in governing without sovereignty...

... Bedouin Dumreicher Andre von Egyptian Coast Guard officer Karam ‘Abd al ‘Aziz Ghani Egyptian merchant in Siwa sovereignty Da’ira Khassa British occupation colonial governance territoriality local politics On August 5, 1907, Husayn Effendi Fahmi, the ma’mur of Siwa, drafted...

... Jacques Maitland General Thomas St Thomas Talbot Silas Age of Revolution Privateer Overseas wars of the French Revolution Slave rebellion in Saint-Domingue Oath of loyalty Neutral port West Indies coffee trade British occupation of Saint-Domingue On October 3, 1793, Zephaniah Kingsley secured...

... Muslims Wadi Salib Hejaz railway Haifa topography British occupation of Palestine imperialist perceptions colonial planning sovereignty Fantastic reports by travelers have touched up the city. In reality it is gray: a gray-red or ocher, a gray-white. And entirely gray against sky and sea...

...This chapter focuses on the critical episodes in the history of Iraq from the great revolt of 1920 to the revolution in 1958. It discusses the British occupation of Iraq and the crystallization of uprising across the country into a general revolt involving the Kurds, Turkmen, and Sunni Arab Muslims...

... in the Asia‐Pacific region, and evidence illustrating this phenomenon is evaluated. The chapter also explores the cultural ramifications of the British occupation of Manila (1762–1764), giving examples of English musical practices that were introduced to the capital and then disseminated relatively rapidly...

...This chapter examines the developments in Manhattan in the years before the 1835 Great Fire of New York. The seven-year-long British occupation of New York during the American Revolution stopped development. The British turned the city into an armed camp, building military earthworks along side...

...This chapter relates the events that happened after the victory of the British at Sabraon, which marked the start of the British occupation. It discusses the two treaties, which are the Treaties of Lahore and the Treaty of Bhairowal. The Treaties of Lahore helped Lord Hardinge facilitate a takeover...

... the will of Afrikaner patriots and Boer guerrillas. This book delves into the agonizing choices faced by Winburg district residents during the British occupation. Afrikaner men fought or evaded combat or collaborated; Afrikaner women fled over the veld or submitted to life in the camps; and black Africans weighed...

...-1800) British occupation of Saint-Domingue (1793-1798) On 26 January 1801, the forces of Toussaint Louverture, a former slave fighting under the banner of liberty, marched into the city of Santo Domingo. Finding relatively little armed opposition, they proclaimed their governance over the city...

...This chapter traces the development of the BAOR in Germany during the Cold War in terms of size and organization, before analyzing its role in British policy toward Germany. When considering British occupation policy and the German reaction to it, both British and German publications cover...

... Libya Hamdan Gamal Jaghbub oasis of Sanusiyya brotherhood Tanzimat ‘Abbas Hilmi II Egyptian khedive Sahlins Peter territoriality sovereignty borderlands cartography Tanzimat state centralization Ottoman Empire imperialism British occupation The Libyan Desert is part of our country...

...Women played a crucial role in the Bahraini political sphere over the past decades—through both formal and informal avenues of political activism. They were remarkably successful in shaping the country's political arena as they participated in the nationalist struggle against the British occupation...

...This chapter presents the editorial, “The World in Africa Fortune,” where Fortune encouraged the El Mahdi forces in their resistance against British occupation. This editorial is not only a strong statement of support for the Sudanese fight for independence; it is also a staunch condemnation...

... struggle’ against what it considered to be the British occupation of Northern Ireland. To its supporters, the IRA was the legitimate army of Ireland, fighting to force a British withdrawal as a prelude to the re-unification of the Irish nation. To its enemies, it was an illegal, fanatical, terrorist...

... Egyptian revolution, the Nubian campaign sought to salvage and preserve ancient temples and archaeological sites from the new barrage's floodwaters. Conducted in the neighboring regions of Egyptian and Sudanese Nubia, the project built on years of Nubian archaeological work conducted under British...

... Independence Pierre-Jacques Corbier British Occupation of Saint-Domingue Napoleon Bonaparte Santiago de Cuba New Orleans A letter dated 30 October 1803 and sent from Santiago de Cuba by Pierre-Jacques Auguste Corbier effectively put the closing parenthesis on the Ferron de la Ferronnays family’s career...