‘Recognising Merit’ in late British colonial Cyprus
Maria Hadjiathanasiou
Abstract:By interrogating the role of status symbols in Britain’s (de)colonial management practices, this article joins an emerging body of International Relation (IR) scholarship that conducts historical analyses of international status dynamics. Situated within the context of the age of the mid-20th century, at a time when empires were increasingly contested by their colonial subjects via near-simultaneous violent insurgency campaigns, this article aims to further our understanding on the (mis)use of imperial status … Show more
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