Ottoman Izmir: the rise of a cosmopolitan port, 1840-1880

摘要

During the mid-nineteenth century, Izmir developed into a major international commercial port within the milieu of the Ottoman Empire. This book elegantly explores various forces behind Izmir's urban change in light of its not only having status as a 'good harbour and crossroads location between Asia Minor and the Mediterranean', but also as a consequence of the 'dynamic structures of power' found within the city and nation (p. 3).