Colonial Intrigues and My Dismissal as Director of Antiquities

A Memoir of Cyprus in the 1930s

AvJohn R. Hilton,Nicholas Stanley-Price

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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In 1934, John Hilton became the first Director of Antiquities in Cyprus, urgently saving ancient monuments. Despite challenges and dismissal, public outcry extended his tenure. His memoir, written 40 years later, humorously recounts his experiences and insights into 1930s colonial Cyprus.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-07-03
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:708 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Archaeological Lives
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Archaeopress Publishing
ISBN:9781805830641

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Nicholas Stanley-Price spent ten years as an archaeologist in Cyprus and the Middle East before concentrating on international heritage conservation, employed by the Getty Conservation Institute in California and by the intergovernmental body ICCROM in Rome as its Director-General. He has promoted the conservation and management of archaeological sites, as founding editor of the journal of that name, now published by Taylor & Francis, and by launching a new M.A. at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. He has published extensively on conservation principles, site conservation and antiquities management.

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ForewordEditor’s prefaceA chronology of principal events, 1932–1936Dramatis Personae Introduction: The Hiltons and colonial society in 1930s CyprusAuthor’s Preface: A Camel-Load of WoadChapter 1. SeductionChapter 2. Selection and DistractionChapter 3. InductionChapter 4. Action and ReactionChapter 5. Reproduction and RuctionChapter 6. Rejection and ContradictionChapter 7. Deduction and ConcoctionChapter 8. FictionChapter 9. Valediction and ReflectionBibliographyIndex