Overview
- Summary
- "In this ... portrait of urban reinvention, Charles King re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads--a forgotten moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge"--Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Pera Palace : the birth of modern Istanbul
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2014
- Locale
- Istanbul (Turkey)
Turkey
Istanbul - Edition
- First edition
- Contents
-
Grand hotel
The gray fleet
Occupation
Resistance
Moscow on the Bosphorus
Konstantinoupolis
"The post-war world was jazzing"
"The past is a wound in my heart"
Modern times
Beyond the veil
Living like a squirrel
Island life
Queen
Holy wisdom
Shadow wars
Paper trails
At the Gate of Felicity. - Notes
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Includes discography (pages 449-450), bibliographical references (pages 427-449) and index.
Grand hotel -- The gray fleet -- Occupation -- Resistance -- Moscow on the Bosphorus -- Konstantinoupolis -- "The post-war world was jazzing" -- "The past is a wound in my heart" -- Modern times -- Beyond the veil -- Living like a squirrel -- Island life -- Queen -- Holy wisdom -- Shadow wars -- Paper trails -- At the Gate of Felicity.
Text in English.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393089141
0393089142 - Physical Description
- xiv, 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Istanbul (Turkey)--History--20th century. Istanbul (Turkey)--Social life and customs--20th century. Istanbul (Turkey)--Social conditions--20th century. City and town life--Turkey--Istanbul--History--20th century. Social change--Turkey--Istanbul--History--20th century. Cosmopolitanism--Turkey--Istanbul--History--20th century. Pera Palas Oteli (Istanbul, Turkey)--History--20th century.
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- 2024-06-21 20:00:00
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