Xenocracy: State, Class, and Colonialism in the Ionian Islands, 1815-1864, Gekas Sakis

Of the many European territorial recon?gurations that followed the wars of the early nineteenth century, the Ionian State remains among the least understood. Xenocracy o?ers a much-needed account of the region during its half-century as a Protectorate of Great Britain – a period that embodied all of the contradictions of British colonialism. A middle class of merchants, lawyers and state o?cials embraced and promoted a liberal modernization project. Yet despite the improvements experienced by many Ionians, the deterioration of state ?nances led to divisions along class lines and presented a signi?cant threat to social stability. Sakis Gekas shows that the impasse engendered de- pendency upon and ambivalence toward Western Europe, anticipating the ‘neocolonial’ condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today.

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1. The First Greek State and the Origins of Colonial Governmentality
Chapter 2.