Ottoman Izmir : the rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840/1880
Başlık:
Ottoman Izmir : the rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840/1880
Yazar:
Zandi-Sayek, Sibel.
ISBN:
9780816678457
9780816666010
9780816666027
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Yayın Bilgileri:
Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, ©2012.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
İçerik:
Introduction : a world in flux -- Defining citizenship : property, taxation, and sovereignty -- Ordering the streets : public space and urban governance -- Shaping the waterfront : public works and the public good -- Performing community : rituals and identity -- Epilogue : the view from Izmir.
Özet:
Between 1840 and 1880, the Eastern Mediterranean port of Izmir (Smyrna) underwent unprecedented change. A modern harbor that welcomed international steamships and new railway lines that transported a cornucopia of products transformed the physical city. Migrants, seasonal workers, and transient sailors thronged into an already diverse metropolis, helping to double the population to 200,000. Simultaneously, Ottoman officials and enterprising citizens vied to control and reform the city's administrative and legal institutions. Ottoman Izmir examines how urban space, institutional structures, and.
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