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Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Part I: New Perspectives
Chapter 1: The Greek Revolution 200 Years On: New Perspectives and Legacies
The War
Historiography
Book Outline
Select Bibliography
Chapter 2: The Transnational Foundations of the Greek Revolution of 1821
The Mediterranean World in a State of Flux
Displacement, Exile and the Transnational Origins of Revolutionary Patriotism
A Political Exile Turned Mercenary, Turned Revolutionary
Or the Making of a Patriot
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 3: New Perspectives in Local Societies During the Greek War of Independence: The Consular Experience in the Aegean
Before the Revolution
Research Trends
The Vice-Consul of Santorini: Christodoulos Gizi (Gisis)
The Revolution in Santorini
Survival Strategies During the 'War of Independence'
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 4: Greece of the North?: Philhellenism, Hellenism, and Contemporary Perspectives of the Greek War of Independence in Iceland
Magnús Stephensen
Finnur Magnússon
Greece of the North
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Part II: Myths and Realities
Chapter 5: A Local Uprising in an Ottoman Province? Mora/Morea, March 1821
Using the Ottoman Framework to Expand on Power
Expanding Power by Being Part of the State
Expanding Power by Being Contractor of the State
Expanding Power by Connecting to the State
Rivalries and Alliances
Venturing to Change the System
Plotting Against the Governor
Changing the System
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 6: Migrations, Exodus, and Resettlement during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830)
Introduction
The Exodus of Peloponnesian Muslims
Ottoman Amnesty and Return of Ottoman Greeks
In Lieu of Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 7: Privateering during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829): Issues of Legitimacy, Organisation, and Economics of a War-Induced Practice
The Powerful Greek Commercial Shipping
Privateering, Corsairing, or Piracy?
Privateering
The Organisation and the Economics of Privateering
Prizes and Maritime Courts
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 8: The United States as a Haven for Greek Revolutionary War Orphans? Myth and Reality
Introduction
Origins and Rescue Stories
Meeting Missionaries
Education in New England
The Greeks Need Missionaries
Running from Rescue
Garifalia Mohalb(e)y
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Part III: Legacies and Reflections
Chapter 9: Cyprus and 1821: Myths, Realities and Legacies
Cyprus, the Greek War of Independence and Its Immediate Aftermath
The Execution Myth
The Mass Emigration Myth
After the Greek War of Independence: Forgetting, 'Remembering' and Terrorism
Commemorating the Greek War of Independence During the British Period
Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Part I: New Perspectives
Chapter 1: The Greek Revolution 200 Years On: New Perspectives and Legacies
The War
Historiography
Book Outline
Select Bibliography
Chapter 2: The Transnational Foundations of the Greek Revolution of 1821
The Mediterranean World in a State of Flux
Displacement, Exile and the Transnational Origins of Revolutionary Patriotism
A Political Exile Turned Mercenary, Turned Revolutionary
Or the Making of a Patriot
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 3: New Perspectives in Local Societies During the Greek War of Independence: The Consular Experience in the Aegean
Before the Revolution
Research Trends
The Vice-Consul of Santorini: Christodoulos Gizi (Gisis)
The Revolution in Santorini
Survival Strategies During the 'War of Independence'
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 4: Greece of the North?: Philhellenism, Hellenism, and Contemporary Perspectives of the Greek War of Independence in Iceland
Magnús Stephensen
Finnur Magnússon
Greece of the North
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Part II: Myths and Realities
Chapter 5: A Local Uprising in an Ottoman Province? Mora/Morea, March 1821
Using the Ottoman Framework to Expand on Power
Expanding Power by Being Part of the State
Expanding Power by Being Contractor of the State
Expanding Power by Connecting to the State
Rivalries and Alliances
Venturing to Change the System
Plotting Against the Governor
Changing the System
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 6: Migrations, Exodus, and Resettlement during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830)
Introduction
The Exodus of Peloponnesian Muslims
Ottoman Amnesty and Return of Ottoman Greeks
In Lieu of Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 7: Privateering during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829): Issues of Legitimacy, Organisation, and Economics of a War-Induced Practice
The Powerful Greek Commercial Shipping
Privateering, Corsairing, or Piracy?
Privateering
The Organisation and the Economics of Privateering
Prizes and Maritime Courts
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Chapter 8: The United States as a Haven for Greek Revolutionary War Orphans? Myth and Reality
Introduction
Origins and Rescue Stories
Meeting Missionaries
Education in New England
The Greeks Need Missionaries
Running from Rescue
Garifalia Mohalb(e)y
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Part III: Legacies and Reflections
Chapter 9: Cyprus and 1821: Myths, Realities and Legacies
Cyprus, the Greek War of Independence and Its Immediate Aftermath
The Execution Myth
The Mass Emigration Myth
After the Greek War of Independence: Forgetting, 'Remembering' and Terrorism
Commemorating the Greek War of Independence During the British Period