Compensation for the fighters of the Greek Revolution, 1828-1844
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Compensation for the fighters of the Greek Revolution, 1828-1844
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18 October 2021
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How did its members fare after the 1821 Revolution? How did the Greek state treat the men and women who contributed to national renaissance? What rewards did it reserve for all its contributors, that is, for fighters, politicians, “internal creditors” and war veterans, native and non-native?
This book focuses on the “workshop” of political rewards, in the first post-revolutionary period 1828-1844, presenting in detail the main means of material and moral rewards that the Greek state offered to the fighters. At the same time, it explains how those policies became a prelude to state rewards in the nation’s subsequent wars until the 20th century.
The game of rewards had two sides: the demands of the contributors and the ideology of state policies. Among them were foreign factors, personal likes and dislikes, selfish interests, social differences, national aspirations. The multifaceted history of compensations gushes from a multitude of sources, combined in a way that highlights the interactions of militants and governments, private and public discourse, glory and agony, recognition and denial that always characterize the transition from the outbreak of national struggles to the compromises and pragmatism of the next day.
(Edited and translated blurb from publisher’s website)
This book focuses on the “workshop” of political rewards, in the first post-revolutionary period 1828-1844, presenting in detail the main means of material and moral rewards that the Greek state offered to the fighters. At the same time, it explains how those policies became a prelude to state rewards in the nation’s subsequent wars until the 20th century.
The game of rewards had two sides: the demands of the contributors and the ideology of state policies. Among them were foreign factors, personal likes and dislikes, selfish interests, social differences, national aspirations. The multifaceted history of compensations gushes from a multitude of sources, combined in a way that highlights the interactions of militants and governments, private and public discourse, glory and agony, recognition and denial that always characterize the transition from the outbreak of national struggles to the compromises and pragmatism of the next day.
(Edited and translated blurb from publisher’s website)
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