- Summary
- "This book shares the conclusions of a remarkable conference marking the centennial of Thessaloniki's incorporation in the Greek state in 1912. Like its Roman and Byzantine predecessors, Ottoman Salonica was the metropolis of a huge, multi-ethnic Balkan hinterland, a center of modernization/westernization, and the de facto capital of Sephardic Judaism. The powerful attraction it exerted on competing local nationalisms, including the Young Turks, gave it a paradigmatic role in the transition from imperial to national rule in southeastern Europe. Twenty-three articles cover the multicultural physiognomy of a "Levantine" city. They describe the mechanisms for cultivating national consciousness (including education, journalism, the arts, archaeology, and urban planning), the relationship between national identity, religious identity, and an evolving socialist labor movement, anti-Semitism, and the practical issues of governing and assimilating diverse non-Greek populations after Greece's military victory in 1912. Analysis of this transformation extends chronologically through the arrival of Greek refugees from Turkey and the Black Sea in 1923, the Holocaust, the Greek civil war, and the new waves of migration after 1990. These processes are analyzed on multiple levels, including civil administration, land use planning, and the treatment of Thessaloniki's historic monuments. This work underscores the importance of cities and their local histories in shaping the key national narratives that drove development in southeastern Europe. Those lessons are highly relevant today, as Europe reacts to renewed migratory pressures and the rise of new nationalist movements, and draws lessons, valid or otherwise, from the nation-building experiments of the previous century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Series
- Routledge studies in modern European history
Routledge studies in modern European history.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020
- Locale
- Thessalonikē (Greece)
Greece
- Contents
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List of figures, p.viii
List of tables, p.xi
List of contributors, p.xii
Introduction: Continuities and discontinuities in the transition from imperial to national order, p.1 / Dimitris Keridis
PART I. SEARCHING FOR IDENTITY
1. Towards a history of Thessaloniki's future, p.15 / Mark Mazower
2. Thessaloniki and the cities of the Enlightenment, p.26 / Paschalis M. Kitromilides
3. Was Salonica a Levantine city?, p.35/ Philip Mansel
4. Place of Thessaloniki in Greek national awareness: From Greek independence to 1912 and beyond, p.49 / Spyridon G. Ploumidis
5. Salonica through Bulgarian eyes, p.63 / Yura Konstantinova
6. Municipality of Salonica between old regime, Ottoman reforms, and the transition from empire to nation state, p.81 / Nora Lafi
7. Amateur and professional theatre in Ottoman Thessaloniki: Multicultural identity and its implications, p.95/ Olivia Pallikari
8. New look at an ancient city: Thessaloniki in Ottoman archaeology, 1832-1912, p.105 / Edhem Eldem
9. Urban transformation and the revolution: Salonica and the Young Turks, 1908-1912, p.126/ Sotiris Dimitriadis
10. Bulgarian newspapers in Thessaloniki, 1869-1913, p.139/ Vlasis Vlasidis
PART II. A CITY IN TRANSITION
11. Boundaries of Hellenism: Language and loyalty among Salonican Jewry, 1917-1933, p.154 / Devin E. Naar
12. Aftermath of the Balkan Wars: The incorporation of Thessaloniki into the Greek state, p.169 / Elpida K. Vogli
13. Refugee resettlement, 1922-1924: A watershed in the ethnic, social, and economic transformation of Thessaloniki, p.183 / Constantinos Katerinopoulos.
14. Integration through the past: Jewish scholars write history in inter-war Salonica, p.193 / Eyal Ginio
15. Destruction and reconstruction of Thessaloniki's class structure, 1912-1940, p.207 / Evangelos Hekimoglou
16. Call to prayer to the silences of the museum: Salonica's soundscapes in transition, p.227 / Eleni Kallimopoulou, / Kostis Kornetis, and / Panagiotis C. Poulos
PART III. MAPPING THE FUTURE OF THESSALONIKI
17. Muslims of Thessaloniki, 1912-2012: A discontinuous and uncomfortable presence, p.243 / Konstantinos Tsitselikis
18. Urban change and the persistence of memory in modern Thessaloniki, p.260 / Eleni Bastea and / Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis
19. French interests and Salonica's port, 1872-1912: Entrepreneurial and architectural innovation, p.291 / Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis
20. Post-war transformation of the Thessaloniki periphery: Urbanization and landscape, p.310 / Charis Christodoulou
21. Land policy in Thessaloniki and the transition to a contemporary metropolitan area, 1922-1967, p.333 / Athena Yiannakou
22. Care of monuments in modern Thessaloniki:Perceptions and practices, p.352 / Kornilia Trakosopoulou-Tzimou
23. Past for every possible future: Concluding remarks, p.375 / Basil C. Gounaris
Index, p.381.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Keridis, Dimitris, editor.
Kiesling, John Brady, 1957- editor.
Thessaloniki, a city in transition, 1912-2012 (2012 : Thessalonikē (Greece))
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of figures, p.viii -- List of tables, p.xi -- List of contributors, p.xii -- Introduction: Continuities and discontinuities in the transition from imperial to national order, p.1 / Dimitris Keridis -- PART I. SEARCHING FOR IDENTITY -- 1. Towards a history of Thessaloniki's future, p.15 / Mark Mazower -- 2. Thessaloniki and the cities of the Enlightenment, p.26 / Paschalis M. Kitromilides -- 3. Was Salonica a Levantine city?, p.35/ Philip Mansel -- 4. Place of Thessaloniki in Greek national awareness: From Greek independence to 1912 and beyond, p.49 / Spyridon G. Ploumidis -- 5. Salonica through Bulgarian eyes, p.63 / Yura Konstantinova -- 6. Municipality of Salonica between old regime, Ottoman reforms, and the transition from empire to nation state, p.81 / Nora Lafi -- 7. Amateur and professional theatre in Ottoman Thessaloniki: Multicultural identity and its implications, p.95/ Olivia Pallikari -- 8. New look at an ancient city: Thessaloniki in Ottoman archaeology, 1832-1912, p.105 / Edhem Eldem -- 9. Urban transformation and the revolution: Salonica and the Young Turks, 1908-1912, p.126/ Sotiris Dimitriadis -- 10. Bulgarian newspapers in Thessaloniki, 1869-1913, p.139/ Vlasis Vlasidis -- PART II. A CITY IN TRANSITION -- 11. Boundaries of Hellenism: Language and loyalty among Salonican Jewry, 1917-1933, p.154 / Devin E. Naar -- 12. Aftermath of the Balkan Wars: The incorporation of Thessaloniki into the Greek state, p.169 / Elpida K. Vogli -- 13. Refugee resettlement, 1922-1924: A watershed in the ethnic, social, and economic transformation of Thessaloniki, p.183 / Constantinos Katerinopoulos.
14. Integration through the past: Jewish scholars write history in inter-war Salonica, p.193 / Eyal Ginio -- 15. Destruction and reconstruction of Thessaloniki's class structure, 1912-1940, p.207 / Evangelos Hekimoglou -- 16. Call to prayer to the silences of the museum: Salonica's soundscapes in transition, p.227 / Eleni Kallimopoulou, / Kostis Kornetis, and / Panagiotis C. Poulos -- PART III. MAPPING THE FUTURE OF THESSALONIKI -- 17. Muslims of Thessaloniki, 1912-2012: A discontinuous and uncomfortable presence, p.243 / Konstantinos Tsitselikis -- 18. Urban change and the persistence of memory in modern Thessaloniki, p.260 / Eleni Bastea and / Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis -- 19. French interests and Salonica's port, 1872-1912: Entrepreneurial and architectural innovation, p.291 / Vilma Hastaoglou-Martinidis -- 20. Post-war transformation of the Thessaloniki periphery: Urbanization and landscape, p.310 / Charis Christodoulou -- 21. Land policy in Thessaloniki and the transition to a contemporary metropolitan area, 1922-1967, p.333 / Athena Yiannakou -- 22. Care of monuments in modern Thessaloniki:Perceptions and practices, p.352 / Kornilia Trakosopoulou-Tzimou -- 23. Past for every possible future: Concluding remarks, p.375 / Basil C. Gounaris -- Index, p.381.
