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Midnight at the Pera Palace
The Birth of Modern Istanbul
Taschenbuch von Charles King
Sprache: Englisch

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When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests.

As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian émigrés sold family heirlooms, an African American impresario founded a jazz club and Miss Turkey became the first Muslim beauty queen. Turkey's president Kemal Atatürk, Muslim feminist Halide Edip, the exiled Leon Trotsky and the future Pope John XXIII fought for new visions of human freedom. During the Second World War, German intellectuals ran from the Nazis while Jewish activists spirited refugees out of occupied Europe. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads-a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge.

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, so many spies mingled in the lobby of Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel that the manager put up a sign asking them to relinquish seats to paying guests.

As the multi-ethnic empire became a Turkish republic, Russian émigrés sold family heirlooms, an African American impresario founded a jazz club and Miss Turkey became the first Muslim beauty queen. Turkey's president Kemal Atatürk, Muslim feminist Halide Edip, the exiled Leon Trotsky and the future Pope John XXIII fought for new visions of human freedom. During the Second World War, German intellectuals ran from the Nazis while Jewish activists spirited refugees out of occupied Europe. This pioneering portrait of urban reinvention re-creates an era when an ancient city became a global crossroads-a moment when Europe's closest Muslim metropolis became its vital port of refuge.

Über den Autor
Charles King is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University. A frequent media commentator on global issues, he is the author of Gods of the Upper Air, Odessa, Midnight in the Pera Palace, and other books. He lives in Washington, DC.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 480 S.
32 photographs
ISBN-13: 9780393351866
ISBN-10: 0393351866
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: King, Charles
Hersteller: WW Norton & Co
Maße: 209 x 141 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Charles King
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.11.2015
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
Artikel-ID: 104842274
Über den Autor
Charles King is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University. A frequent media commentator on global issues, he is the author of Gods of the Upper Air, Odessa, Midnight in the Pera Palace, and other books. He lives in Washington, DC.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 480 S.
32 photographs
ISBN-13: 9780393351866
ISBN-10: 0393351866
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: King, Charles
Hersteller: WW Norton & Co
Maße: 209 x 141 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Charles King
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.11.2015
Gewicht: 0,41 kg
Artikel-ID: 104842274
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