Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Part II - Constructing Europe
Spatial Relations of Power in Eastern Mediterranean Cities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 October 2020
Book contents
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Port Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Constructing Europe
- Part III The City’s New Pleasures
- Part IV Identities on the Mediterranean Shore
- Part V The End of the European Dream
- Part VI Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Revisited
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Changes in Great Power politics, technical developments, and flows of trade all together transformed Eastern Mediterranean perceptions and usages of space. From their image of Europe and the opportunities it offered to modes of travel, to visions of and policies of urban renewal and its acceptance, many aspects of life in Levantine cities were transformed by the heightened interaction with Europe. Nonetheless, the new Istanbul, Izmir, and Salonica were not carbon copies of the towns on the far side of the sea, but very much also the product of local desires and attitudes.
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- Port Cities of the Eastern MediterraneanUrban Culture in the Late Ottoman Empire, pp. 37 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020