In Protectorate Cyprus, education was one of the most effective tools of imperial control and political manipulation used by the British. Imperial Control in Cyprus charts the cultural and educational aspects of British colonial rule in Cyprus and analyzes what these policies reveal about the internal struggles on the island between 1931 and 1960.

Cyprus had been under British occupation since 1878, but it was in the 1930s that educational policies acquired a strong political significance and became essential in preserving the British position on the island. The co-existence...