Overview

The Greek Revolution of 1821 was not merely a national uprising—it was a transnational event that reshaped the Eastern Mediterranean and reverberated across the globe. Moving beyond traditional nationalist historiography, this study draws on recent transnational and Ottoman-centered scholarship to examine how diaspora networks, European Philhellenes, and great power rivalries transformed a regional revolt into an international cause. The Ottoman context is treated not as a passive or declining backdrop, but as a dynamic, multiethnic polity grappling with reform, resistance, and the challenges of maintaining imperial cohesion. Drawing on multilingual and cross-regional sources, the contributors explore how the Revolution was perceived, contested, and reshaped across diverse cultural and political spaces, embedding 1821 within the broader currents of nineteenth-century revolution, diplomacy, and state formation.

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Author:   Alexandros Lamprou ,  Nikos Christofis ,  Leonidas Moiras
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781836954224

ISBN 10:   1836954220
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 March 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Leonidas Moiras and Nikos Christofis Part I: Historiographical Approaches of the Greek Revolution Chapter 1. Ottoman and Turkish Perceptions of the Greek Revolution and Greek Irredentism Leonidas Moiras and Alexandros Lamprou Chapter 2. Cyprus and the Greek Revolution of 1821: Narrating and Constructing the Past Nikos Christofis Chapter 3. Albanian National Narratives and “Interbalkanisms”: Centers and Visions of the “Greek” in the Nineteenth Century Elias G. Skoulidas Chapter 4. The Question of the Elites in the Historiography of the 1821 Greek Revolution Dimitris Stamatopoulos Part II: The Greek Revolution in the Ottoman Context Chapter 5. The Greek Independence War, Ottoman Citizenship, and Military Conscription: The Story of a Vicious Circle Erik-Jan Zürcher Chapter 6. From the Nile to Navarino: The Greek Revolution in the Egyptian Historiography Panos Kourgiotis Chapter 7. Across the Aegean: Muslim Migration from the Morea during the Greek War of Independence Hilal Cemile Tümer Part III: The Global Impact of the Greek Revolution Chapter 8. American Protestant Missionaries and the Greek Revolution Elmira Vasileva Chapter 9. Russian Liberalism and the Revolutions of the 1820s: The Greek 1821 Ada Dialla Chapter 10. The Greeks and Transnational Political Policing in Europe during the Age of Revolutions Christos Aliprantis Chapter 11. The Ottoman-Iranian Enmity and the Greek War of Independence Mohammed Shariat-Panahi Chapter 12. “Every Single Verse Seems to Be Speaking to the Contemporary Chinese”: Perceptions of the Greek Revolution of 1821 in Japan and China Egas Moniz Bandeira Afterword: Beginnings, the End, and an Apology: A ‘1619 Project’ for Greece Christine Philliou Index

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“It is a very original and useful book that highlights the impact of the Greek War of Independence both in the immediate Balkan region and as far as distant China and Japan. The authors make use of very different sources and archives in various languages, which is quite rare for studies on the Greek Revolution. The multifaceted narrative shows the broader dimensions of the event and places it in the perspective of global history.” • Prof. Anna Karakatsouli, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

""It is a very original and useful book that highlights the impact of the Greek War of Independence both in the immediate Balkan region and as far as distant China and Japan. The authors make use of very different sources and archives in various languages, which is quite rare for studies on the Greek Revolution. The multifaceted narrative shows the broader dimensions of the event and places it in the perspective of global history."" - Prof. Anna Karakatsouli, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Author Information

Alexandros Lamprou holds a PhD in Turkish history from Leiden University and is currently a lecturer at the University of the Aegean in Greece. He has taught Turkish and Greek history at different universities in Greece, Turkey, and Germany. His research interests include state-society relations, anti-minority campaigns, and the historiography of the early republican period in Turkey. His current research project focuses on Greek refugees in the Middle East and Africa during World War II.

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