From empire to nation state: spatial aspects of the annexation of Thrace to Greece

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the spatial, ethnic, symbolical and functional changes introduced to the Thracian landscape after the region’ s annexation to Greece during early 1920s. The research is based on the analysis of archival collections, the assessment of secondary data and available bibliography and fieldwork research in the study site areas. The Balkan Wars signalled the end of the Ottoman presence at the Balkan Peninsula and the distribution of the Ottoman territories between the rivalling and expanding Balkan states. This process launched the period that marked the transition from the long established imperial past to the nation states present. The end of the Greek-Turkish war (1919-1922) that resulted to process of border re-drawing and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey gave fertile ground for the fundamental alteration of the traditional Thracian landscape west of the Maritsa/Evros river, as a newly annexed province of the Greek territory. Ins ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28253
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28253
ND
28253
Alternative title
Από την αυτοκρατορία στο εθνικό κράτος: χωρικές όψεις της ενσωμάτωσης της Θράκης
Author
Koutsoukos, Vasilis
Date
2012
Degree Grantor
University of Crete (UOC)
Committee members
Πετμεζάς Σωκράτης
Λαφαζάνη Δώρα
Αναστασόπουλος Αντώνιος
Κονόρτας Πάρις
Χατζηϊωσήφ Χρήστος
Αβδελά Έφη
Aarbakke Vemunt
Discipline
Social Sciences
Other Social Sciences
Humanities and the Arts
History and Archaeology
Keywords
Historical geography; Thrace, Western; General administration authority of Thrace; Aegean province; Belomorska Trakija; Interallied Thrace; Thrace interalliee; Greek administration authority of Thrace; Refugees settlement committee; Refugees; Muslims; Non-exchangeables; Etablis; Refugee settlements; Chiftliks; Thracian landscape; Refugees settlement and rehabilitation; Hellenisation and homogeneisation of landscape
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
2 τόμοι (Α' τόμος 620 σ. και Β' τόμος 224 σ.), im., tbls., maps, fig., ch., ind.
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