Research Catalog

Title

Levant : splendour and catastrophe on the Mediterranean / Philip Mansel.

Author

Mansel, Philip, 1951-

Publication

London : John Murray, 2010.

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Details

Description

470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

'Levant' is a book of cities. It describes the role of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut as windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. By their mix of races and religions, they challenge stereotypes.

Subject

• Geschichte 1880-2000
• 15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other
• Civilization
• Metropole
• Cities
• Middle East > History
• Middle East > Civilization
• Mediterranean Region > History
• Mediterranean Region > Civilization
• Mediterranean Region
• Middle East
• Alexandria
• Beirut
• Izmir
• Levante
• Alexandria
• Beirut
• Izmir
• Smyrna
• Mellanöstern > historia
• Orienten > historia

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-450) and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780719567070
• 0719567076
• 9780719567087
• 0719567084
• 9781848544628
• 1848544626

LCCN

2011379775

OCLC

• ocn649802154
• 649802154
• SCSB-14457328

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library