Description
Front matter
Dedication
Contents
List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Historiography and theories
British Cyprus, 1878–1918: from backwater to bustling war base
The formation of the Cypriot Mule Corps
Mule and muleteer recruitment: pushed or pulled?
Contracts, challenges, hardships and the ‘liminal space’
Conditions for mules and muleteers
Muleteer behaviour during service
Veterans and their families after service
Remembering and forgetting the Cypriot Mule Corps
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index
