Alexis Rappas is Lecturer in Modern History at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He has been a visiting scholar at Brown, Princeton and Northeastern Universities and gained his PhD in History at the University of Florence, Italy.

The authoritarian government of Sir Herbert Palmer (1933-1939) was intended to be the most consistent answer provided by an imperial and colonial state in order to control the island of Cyprus after the anti-colonial revolt of 1931. In his path-breaking first monograph Alexis Rappas provides an analytical and in-depth study of that moment, calling attention to the influence of fascist methods developed during the same period and simultaneously contributes to the more general process of rethinking the history of the British colonial state. Diogo Ramada Curto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Interweaving archival material and theoretical problems into a brisk and engaging narrative, Cyprus in the 1930s captures a peculiar moment in European imperial history, marked by ambitious colonial projects for social reform and nationalist or left-wing anti-colonial movements. George B. Dertilis, Directeur d'estudes, E.H.E.S.S, Paris Focusing on a period which so far has received only scant treatment in the literature, Cyprus in the 1930s is a fine and highly convincing study on politics in Cyprus undr British rule. Alternating scales of analysis and drawing on a variety of theoretical approaches, it makes important contributions to the history of Cyprus, British imperial history, and on a more general level to the problematic of the colonial state. Sebastian Conrad, Professor of History, Freie Universitat, Berlin

• List of tables4Acknowledgments5Foreword6Chapter 1: Introduction: A Revolt and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule8Chapter 2: The Three Pillars of Arcadian Cyprus: Experiments in Social Engineering31Chapter 3: Rituals of Bureaucratic Governance61Chapter 4: The Constitutionalist Movement and the Avenues of Mass Politicization93Chapter 5: The Orthodox Church and the Displacement of the Public Sphere128Chapter 6: The Labour Question: Political Stakes in a Battle of Denominations156Conclusion: The Expanding Boundaries of a Faceless State184Sources and Bibliography190Index210

Alexis Rappas is Lecturer in Modern History at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He has been a visiting scholar at Brown, Princeton and Northeastern Universities and gained his PhD in History at the University of Florence, Italy.

The authoritarian government of Sir Herbert Palmer (1933-1939) was intended to be the most consistent answer provided by an imperial and colonial state in order to control the island of Cyprus after the anti-colonial revolt of 1931. In his path-breaking first monograph Alexis Rappas provides an analytical and in-depth study of that moment, calling attention to the influence of fascist methods developed during the same period and simultaneously contributes to the more general process of rethinking the history of the British colonial state. Diogo Ramada Curto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Interweaving archival material and theoretical problems into a brisk and engaging narrative, Cyprus in the 1930s captures a peculiar moment in European imperial history, marked by ambitious colonial projects for social reform and nationalist or left-wing anti-colonial movements. George B. Dertilis, Directeur d'estudes, E.H.E.S.S, Paris Focusing on a period which so far has received only scant treatment in the literature, Cyprus in the 1930s is a fine and highly convincing study on politics in Cyprus undr British rule. Alternating scales of analysis and drawing on a variety of theoretical approaches, it makes important contributions to the history of Cyprus, British imperial history, and on a more general level to the problematic of the colonial state. Sebastian Conrad, Professor of History, Freie Universitat, Berlin

• List of tables4Acknowledgments5Foreword6Chapter 1: Introduction: A Revolt and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule8Chapter 2: The Three Pillars of Arcadian Cyprus: Experiments in Social Engineering31Chapter 3: Rituals of Bureaucratic Governance61Chapter 4: The Constitutionalist Movement and the Avenues of Mass Politicization93Chapter 5: The Orthodox Church and the Displacement of the Public Sphere128Chapter 6: The Labour Question: Political Stakes in a Battle of Denominations156Conclusion: The Expanding Boundaries of a Faceless State184Sources and Bibliography190Index210

Alexis Rappas is Lecturer in Modern History at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He has been a visiting scholar at Brown, Princeton and Northeastern Universities and gained his PhD in History at the University of Florence, Italy.

The authoritarian government of Sir Herbert Palmer (1933-1939) was intended to be the most consistent answer provided by an imperial and colonial state in order to control the island of Cyprus after the anti-colonial revolt of 1931. In his path-breaking first monograph Alexis Rappas provides an analytical and in-depth study of that moment, calling attention to the influence of fascist methods developed during the same period and simultaneously contributes to the more general process of rethinking the history of the British colonial state. Diogo Ramada Curto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Interweaving archival material and theoretical problems into a brisk and engaging narrative, Cyprus in the 1930s captures a peculiar moment in European imperial history, marked by ambitious colonial projects for social reform and nationalist or left-wing anti-colonial movements. George B. Dertilis, Directeur d'estudes, E.H.E.S.S, Paris Focusing on a period which so far has received only scant treatment in the literature, Cyprus in the 1930s is a fine and highly convincing study on politics in Cyprus undr British rule. Alternating scales of analysis and drawing on a variety of theoretical approaches, it makes important contributions to the history of Cyprus, British imperial history, and on a more general level to the problematic of the colonial state. Sebastian Conrad, Professor of History, Freie Universitat, Berlin

• List of tables4Acknowledgments5Foreword6Chapter 1: Introduction: A Revolt and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule8Chapter 2: The Three Pillars of Arcadian Cyprus: Experiments in Social Engineering31Chapter 3: Rituals of Bureaucratic Governance61Chapter 4: The Constitutionalist Movement and the Avenues of Mass Politicization93Chapter 5: The Orthodox Church and the Displacement of the Public Sphere128Chapter 6: The Labour Question: Political Stakes in a Battle of Denominations156Conclusion: The Expanding Boundaries of a Faceless State184Sources and Bibliography190Index210