City-ports in the Eastern and Central Mediterranean from the mid-sixteenth to the nineteenth century: urban and social aspects

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Beginning with the examples of the city-ports of Trieste, Thessaloniki and Smyrna, all of them belonging - in the time-span examined - to multinational empires, the author sets out to find their shared urban and social features in the geopolitical, economic and demographic framework. She then suggests a typology of the main city-ports in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean on the basis of their urban and social aspects. Some of the main factors under research are their geopolitical position and the role of immigration resulting from their economic development.View full textDownload full textKeywordscity-ports, immigration, Central and Eastern Mediterranean, network, population, social identity, cosmopolitanism, Smyrna, Thessaloniki, Trieste, ChiotsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09518967.2011.635904