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Author Zandi-Sayek, Sibel

Title Ottoman Izmir : the rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840/1880 / Sibel Zandi-Sayek
Published Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Harbors -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century
ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
Harbors
SUBJECT İzmir (Turkey) -- History -- 19th century
Subject Turkey
Turkey -- İzmir
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011040862
ISBN 9780816678457
0816678456
0816666016
9780816666010
0816666024
9780816666027