Levant splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean / Philip Mansel.

Author/creator Mansel, Philip, 1951-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press,
Description470 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Contents The vineyards of Pera -- Smyrna : the eye of Asia -- Smyrna : massacres and merriment -- Alexandria : the key to Egypt -- Alexandria : bid for empire -- Beirut : the republic of merchants -- Alexandria : khedives and consuls -- Alexandria : the British years -- Beirut : the jewel in the crown of the Padishah -- Smyrna : Greeks and Turks -- Drifting cities -- Catastrophe and liberation -- Alexandria : queen of the Mediterranean -- Egyptianization -- Beirut : birth of a capital -- The Paris of the Middle East -- The dance of death -- New Levants for old.
General noteOriginally published: London : John Murray, 2010.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 359-450) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011920105
ISBN9780300172645 (hardcover
ISBN0300172648 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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